Prescribing of medicinal cannabis
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WQ.391/2025
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
BY DEPUTY D.J. WARR OF ST. HELIER SOUTH
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 20th OCTOBER 2025
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 27th OCTOBER 2025
Question
"Will the Minister advise what information, if any, is collected on the prescribing of medicinal cannabis in the Island and will he provide this data, where available, since the establishment of medicinal cannabis prescriptions in Jersey?"
Answer
Article 17(14) of the Misuse of Drugs (General Provisions) Order 2009 requires a return to be made to the Chief Pharmacist where a controlled drug such as medicinal cannabis is dispensed by a pharmacist.
In 2023 a manual audit of these returns was undertaken that covered returns for the whole of 2022 and the first 6 months of 2023 the results of this audit can be found here Medicinal Cannabis Dispensing Audit Report.pdf.
Work has subsequently been undertaken to digitise the returns process allowing for more timely information; 2024 dispensing is set out below.
2024
Total number of people dispensed medical cannabis | Total number of prescribers | Total number of prescriptions dispensed |
Approximately 4000 (See note below) | 20 | 53,477 |
Note: Without a unique Identifier, there is a risk of both duplicate and merged records. For example, patients who share the same name could be counted as a single individual, while those who use different variations of their name may appear as multiple patients therefore an approximation has been given.