Question reference: S5W-25238
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 10 September 2019
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 September 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) NHS boards and (b) the General Medical Council to ensure that doctors on the Specialist Register undertake the NHS Education for Scotland e-learning package regarding cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBMPs).
Answer
Scottish Government has worked with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to disseminate the eLearning package to health boards. This has included alerting all Directors of Pharmacy, the three sectoral pharmacy groups, Community Pharmacy Scotland and, senior specialist tutors to the package and for wider dissemination via their health boards. The package has also been disseminated across NES to ensure the relevant professions are aware of it. Furthermore, the Chief Medical Officer will be writing to Medical Directors at each of the health boards in NHS Scotland further highlighting this package, and encouraging further dissemination of this information to all clinicians.