Bristol gets first medical cannabis centre
The MyAccess service in Redland Court Road’s May Wellness Centre is only the second medical cannabis clinic in the UK to get a licence, which the CQC announced last night (November 13).
The MyAccess service in Redland Court Road’s May Wellness Centre is only the second medical cannabis clinic in the UK to get a licence, which the CQC announced last night (November 13).
The group is chaired by former Health Minster and Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and Queens Nursing Institute, Ann Keen RN, who is launching the nurses arm to begin working towards helping patients access medical cannabis and towards care in the regulated medical cannabis framework in the UK.
Georgia’s top elected leaders moved forward Tuesday with a program to provide medical marijuana to the state’s 15,000 registered patients, nearly seven months after Gov. Brian Kemp signed it into law.
MyAccess Clinics is the first medical cannabis clinic outside of London to receive a Care Quality Commission (CQC) licence, and just the second in the UK, meaning medical cannabis can be prescribed legally within the May Wellness Centre in Bristol.
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