Last week (8th August) NICE published their latest thoughts, based on an NHS England review, on prescribing medical cannabis. And much to the disappointment, anger and frustration of campaigners the only group of sufferers for whom they approved the prescribing of medical …
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Yet another epileptic child has her medical cannabis seized
Reported in today's Guardian - yet another child, five-year-old Indie-Rose Clarry, has had her medical cannabis seized by border guards at Stansted. Although Indie-Rose has a private prescription for the medicine written by her UK doctor to help control her Dravet syndrome, it is …
Ayeee…. Anaphylaxis…..
An article in yesterday's Times quoted figures published by NHS Digital showing that there has been a frightening 40%+ increase in the incidence of anaphylaxis in young children in the last five years – from 601 in 2013/4 to 849 in 2017/8. The figures also show that the incidence …
Understanding the nature of trauma
A couple of weeks ago the Guild of Health Writers ran an excellent evening session on PTSD – understanding the nature of the trauma that can provoke Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The four speakers included Noel McDermott, a psychotherapist who lived through many years of …
Prescription chaos over medical cannabis
Most people will remember heart rending stories last summer about Alfie Dingley, the seven-year-old who suffered from a rare form of epilepsy that caused him to have up to 150 seizures month. No conventional epilepsy medication worked for Alfie, but his seizures could be …