Dr Mike Platt - prescribing medical cannabis for chronic pain

Dr Mike Platt, honorary senior clinical lecturer and senior consultant in pain medicines and anesthetics at Imperial College Healthcare, NHS Trust has been in the 'business of pain' since 1990. However, his well established career as a pain consultant took an unexpected turn when he became clinical director at the Sapphire Clinics catering to patients wishing to access medical cannabis in the UK privately. With very little training on offer to the medical profession in the UK, Dr Platt's ...