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Hannah Deacon

Disastrous Brexit fallout for medical cannabis users

06/01/2021 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

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 …

Category: Food/Health Policy, Medical CannabisTag: Alfie Dingley epilepsy, Brexit cuts off cannabis supplies from Holland, Hannah Deacon, Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society, Neurologist Mike Barnes, Professor Mike Barnes

Stop Denying Patients Access to Medical Cannabis on the NHS

16/09/2020 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  6 Comments

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 …

Category: Conventional Medicine, Food/Health Policy, Medical CannabisTag: Alfie Dingley, Beginner's Guide to Medical Cannabis, change.org, End our pain, Hannah Deacon, medical cannabis, medical cannabis for epilepsy, medical cannabis on prescription, Professor Michael Barnes

Prescription chaos over medical cannabis

10/04/2019 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  3 Comments

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 …

Category: Alternative/Complementary Health, Conventional Medicine, Food/Health Policy, Medical Cannabis, PoliticsTag: Alfie Dingley, British Paediatric Neurology Association guidance on prescription of medical cannabis, DBPCT for medical cannabis, Emma Appleby, Guidance on prescription of medical cannabis, Hannah Deacon, medical cannabis, medical cannabis for epilepsy, medical cannabis for pain relief, NHS England guidance on prescription of medical cannabis, Professor Michael Barnes, Professor Mike Barnes, Professor Sally Davies and medical cannabis, Royal College of Physicians guidance on the prescription of medical cannabis, Teagan Appleby

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