Doctors will be able to prescribe cannabis products to patients from 1 November, the Home Secretary Sajid Javid says.

The new regulations apply to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Mr Javid decided to relax the rules on when cannabis products could be given to patients after a review into medicinal cannabis earlier this year.

This followed an outcry over Alfie Dingley and Billy Caldwell being denied access to cannabis oil.

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