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Medicinal Cannabis.
This Cross-party group's purpose:
The CPG on Medicinal Cannabis seeks to better understand the benefits of Medicinal Cannabis and recognise case studies indicating its positive impact on patients suffering from a variety of conditions.
We also question why the system of rebates is used, rather than simply restricting the amount which can be paid in the first place as this must lead to leakage. In our view, the New Medicines Fund is a welcome way to spend the rebates, however are not clear as to how boards fund access to new medicines once the allo...
They advised that while they use many medicines ‘off-label’, they knew of no other medicine where it was prescribed without a licence at all, unless part of a clinical trial.
Sco ttish Min iste r s , sp e cial adv is e r s a nd th e Pe r m a n e n t Se cr e ta ry a r e co v e r e d by th e te r m s of th e Lobby in g (Sco tla nd) Act 2 0 1 6 .
These changes would result in the following changes to the gender balance of the relevant committees— Before changes After changes Change Committee Total Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female M+1; EFWC 9 6 3 67% 33% 7 2 78% 22% F-1 No ECYPC 10 7 3 70% 30% 7 3 70% 30% change M+1; NZETC 7 5 2 71% 29% 6 1 86% ...
*S5M-23342 Lewis Macdonald: Supply and Demand for Medicines—That the Parliament notes the conclusions and recommendations contained in the Health and Sport Committee’s 6th Report 2019 (Session 5), Supply and demand for medicines (SP Paper 774).
The remit of the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) is to provide advice to NHS Boards and their Area Drug and Therapeutics Committees across Scotland about the status of newly licensed medicines and new indications for established products.
TOM ARTHUR ANNEX: Final Reconciliation for 2020-21 Income Tax which will impact the 2023-24 Budget 2020-21 Income Tax Revenues (£m) BGA (£m) Net Budget Position (£m) Forecast at Budget 12,365 -12,319 +46 2020-21 Outturn 2020-21 11,948 -11,852 +96 Final -417 +468 +50 Reconcilia...