shared care

Ms Salters said many people are "forced" to go private for a diagnosis and also have difficulty getting medication as not all GPs honour the shared care protocol.

Trusting each other again on some level could be what saves our country—and the essential social programs that reflect our shared care for one another.

GPs can only prescribe cannabis-based products under the direction of a specialist doctor in a shared care agreement, the government said.

Following Hannah's campaign, Alfie's GP was granted a licence to prescribe it under direction by a specialist doctor, in a process called a shared care agreement.

If a GP does not agree to a shared care agreement, the person must either wait to be referred to an NHS specialist or pay for prescriptions via private healthcare.