Join the Medcan Family Foundation Board of Trustees Join the Medcan Family Foundation Board of TrusteesMedcan Family Foundation is seeking dedicated individuals to join our Board of Trustees. Trustees play a vital role in shaping the direction of our charity, ensuring strong governance, and supporting our mission to make a meaningful impact in the community. If...
A position paper by Medcan Family Foundation  Introduction / Background In November 2018 the government changed the law to make it legal to prescribe cannabis-derived medications in the UK. Cannabis for non-medical or recreational use remains illegal. As a Schedule 1, Class B drug, those caught in possession of cannabis risk a maximum penalty of five...
Trustees Hannah Deacon and Alice Salisbury recently shared their insights with BBC Breakfast News, shedding light on the pressing issue of limited access to advanced cannabis medications within the NHS. Their discussion underscored the adverse effects of existing policies, which are taking a toll on the families receiving crucial support from the Medcan Family Foundation.https://youtu.be/upjmqw0R9wo?si=Nz6Uay3EDFSLcqa7Both...
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a complex signaling system that plays a crucial role in regulating various physiological processes in the body. It was discovered in the 1990's while researching the effects of THC on the human body, but it was later found that the body produces its own cannabinoids and has a system to...
Gino has had seizures since 2 weeks old and we have never regained control. He has tried numerous pharmaceutical drugs over the past 4 years, the ketogenic diet, 2 rounds of steroid injections and has a vns fitted...
Eddie is doing well, and since he has been on his private prescription we have not needed to call an ambulance, or administer rescue medication. Eddie’s seizures have evolved and we are awaiting a confirmation of a Lennox Gestaut diagnosis, so epilepsy will always be a huge part of his and our lives. But medicinal...
When Alfie was born, he spent the first four months of his life in hospital, lived on and off life support and experienced his first seizure at just eight months old. Alfie lives with a very rare form of epilepsy and, prior to medical cannabis treatment, experienced more than 500 seizures a month. Now, Alfie, aged...
Charlie Hughes turned three in July and was diagnosed with West Syndrome – a rare epileptic condition which causes him to suffer up to 100 spasms per day – when he was just 10 weeks old. Since May 2019, his parents, Matt and Alison, have been buying cannabis-based medicinal products (CBMPs) through a private UK prescription, which...
At 2 1/2 years old we woke to the sound of Bailey choking we phoned an ambulance, they diagnosed a Febrile Convulsion. These Convulsions continued to happen we were then told he had Epilepsy. From here on Baileys Seizures become more frequent and violent he was having Tonic Clonic Seizures, then they progressed into Drops...