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Clinician
Mike Barnes
Professor, chairman of the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society
Oct 2026Nov 2026to date
2
Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 6 Oct 2026
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Mike Barnes: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Professor, chairman of the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society
- Quoted on
- Medical ethics & regulation, Mental health
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 7 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 6 Oct 2026
04 The signal · where Mike Barnes sits on medical ethics & regulation
Quoted
Quoted in the press on medical ethics & regulation.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Charlie MasseyRegulatorChief Executive and Registrar, General Medical CouncilLeading- Dr Manjeet ShehmarClinicianMedical Director, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustLeading
Arthur CaplanAcademicProfessor Emeritus and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine (NYU Langone Health)Leading- Alejandro SanchezSector leaderHead of human rights at the National Secular Society
- Mark FowlerClinicianContract physician involved in the Carruthers execution attempt
- Mike BarnesClinicianProfessor, chairman of the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society
- Omar KhanClinicianConsultant general surgeon and honorary senior lecturer at St George's University Hospitals
- Mark DeakinClinicianConsultant diabetes doctor, Alder Hey Children's Hospital (deceased)
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05 On the record · press
What Mike Barnes has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- examinerlive.co.uk
- hellorayo.co.uk
- independent.co.uk
Where Mike Barnes has been quoted
- Almost two million unlicensed cannabis products prescribed privately as Bury family calls for law changehellorayo.co.uk · 7 Oct 2026
- Warning to thousands using legal cannabis after death of man, 34examinerlive.co.uk · 7 Oct 2026
- Experts issue medical cannabis warning to millions of Britonsindependent.co.uk · 6 Oct 2026
How we found the articles that name Mike Barnes: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
Medical ethics & regulation
- medical ethics
- General Medical Council
- GMC
- fitness to practise
- patient consent
- Mental Capacity Act
- conscientious objection
- medical confidentiality
Also searched with “medical ethics” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Medical ethics & regulation
Mental health
- mental health
- mental health services
- CAMHS
- psychiatric
- suicide prevention
- mental health crisis
- talking therapies
- IAPT
Also searched with “mental health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Mental health
Verbatim
“As the sector grows, it needs to mature with the same focus on governance, accountability and patient safety that we would expect in any other area of medicine.”
“As the sector grows, it needs to mature with the same focus on governance, accountability and patient safety that we would expect in any other area of medicine.”
“As the sector grows, it needs to mature with the same focus on governance, accountability and patient safety that we would expect in any other area of medicine.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
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- More than one in three young people report mental health challenges in surveyNorthampton Chronicle and Echo
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