Cannabis Related Medical Training
Gregory Soar made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
The request was refused by Ministry of Health.
From: Gregory Soar
Dear Ministry of Health,
As a patient being successfully treated with a cannabis based medicine and finding most doctors lacking in knowledge re cannabis itself and cannabis derived drugs I wonder how those already authorised to script under current law have been trained. I also wonder how future training in this area is being catered for. With this in mind I wish to know the following please:
1. As we have legal cannabis for medical purposes currently able to be scripted ( doctors dentists and midwives under current law ) what training is given to our medical profession in relation to cannabis medicines and treatments.. A brief outline please?
2. If there is no such training in place why is there not and what plans are there to rectify such an omission in our health system?
It seems to me that our medical professionals who are scripting cannabis derived treatments may have little if any formal training and therefore how would we be assured of best care.
Yours faithfully,
Gregory Soar
Ministry of Health
Dear Gregory Soar
Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 24 March 2016, requesting:
1. As we have legal cannabis for medical purposes currently able to be
scripted (doctors dentists and midwives under current law ) what training
is given to our medical profession in relation to cannabis medicines and
treatments.. A brief outline please?
2. If there is no such training in place why is there not and what plans
are there to rectify such an omission in our health system?
Apologies for the delay in Acknowledging your request, your request has
been received and logged.
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
respond to your request within 20 working days. You should receive a
response on or before 26 April 2016
If a large amount of information has been requested or if the Ministry
needs to consult in order to make a decision, we may need to extend this
date (this is provided for in Section 15A of the Act). We will advise you
if such an extension is necessary.
The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H201601121
Kind regards,
Ashley Goodwin l Support Officer
[MOH request email]
Government Relations l Office of the Director General
[1]http://www.health.govt.nz
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Ministry of Health
Dear Mr Soar
Please see attached letter regarding the above subject.
Kind regards
Health WorkForce NZ
[email address]
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