Scottish mom and medical hashish campaigner, Lisa Quarrell, will share her insights into the ‘life-changing’ remedy with clinicians later this month.
The East Kilbride campaigner will be part of skilled medical hashish clinicians in Edinburgh on 13 September, at an academic occasion hosted by the Medical Hashish Clinicians Society (MCCS).
Clinicians and sufferers from throughout Scotland are invited to attend ‘Medical Cannabis: Everything You Need to Know – a practical introduction to medical cannabis and CBD‘, which goals to lift consciousness and enhance understanding of hashish medicines among the many medical career.
Lisa Quarrell, mum of Cole Thompson who lives with extreme epilepsy, has been campaigning for NHS entry to medical hashish for plenty of years, after seeing the impact it had on her son.
Cole has had a personal prescription for Bedrolite oil since 2019, however Lisa struggles to cowl the month-to-month payment of £1,300.
Cole earlier than and after medical hashish.
The previous police officer disclosed the identical yr that she had introduced hashish oil into the UK from the Netherlands, illegally to assist son, who was having a number of seizures a day on the time.
Subsequent week she’s going to converse to docs and sufferers concerning the ‘life-changing’ affect that the remedy has had on Cole.
Lisa can be joined by Dr Liz Iveson, neuro rehabilitation and inner drugs advisor, and one of many first prescribers of the remedy within the UK, Dr Anna Ross, drug coverage stakeholder skilled and lecturer on the College of Edinburgh, and Katya Kowalski, head of operations at Volteface.
Professor Mike Barnes, chair of the MCCS will host the occasion.
He commented: “The occasion is a incredible alternative for clinicians, medical college students and sufferers to study the details about this remedy and sensible steps to prescribing and accessing a authorized prescription.”
The occasion is open to clinicians, medical college students, scientists, researchers, professionals and sufferers interested by medical hashish and the present state of prescribing, proof and availability within the UK.
There can be alternatives for networking and a panel Q&A for attendees following the audio system.
Hannah Deacon, vice-chair of the Medical Hashish Clinicians Society, mentioned: “The Medical Hashish Clinicians Society believes that everybody who may benefit from medical hashish ought to have entry to it. Our mission is to provide clinicians entry to proof, coaching, skilled steerage, peer assist and licensed product info to allow them to prescribe life-changing medical hashish therapies to all sufferers within the UK, on the NHS.”
The Medical Hashish Clinicians Society is made up of over 300 clinicians, together with specialist consultants in a variety of specialisms, GPs, nurses and allied well being professionals.
The society works collectively to extend entry to medical hashish within the UK, with members sharing finest observe, studying from one another, and offering common skilled assist to their friends.
The occasion is going down from 6.30pm on the Radisson Blu Resort, Edinburgh Metropolis Centre. It’s £10 to attend with discounted charges for medical college students. Register here
