Thanks to the tireless campaigning of a group of 'epilepsy mothers', lead by Hannah Deacon, the mother of Alfie Dingley, and her consultant, neurologist Professor Mike Barnes, a change in the law in 2018 allowed the prescription of medical cannabis for children with certain rare …
Hannah Deacon
Stop Denying Patients Access to Medical Cannabis on the NHS
Many people will remember that eighteen months ago and after a positively heroic fight, backed by neurologist Professor Mike Barnes, Hannah Deacon won her campaign to legalise the use of medical cannabis to treat a certain number of limited conditions, including her son Alfie's …
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 …