About Us
At Curaleaf Clinic, formerly Sapphire Clinics, we set the standard for high quality patient care and are proud to employ some of the top healthcare professionals and experts working in the field.
Curaleaf Clinic Multidisciplinary Team
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Dr Michael Platt
MA MBBS FRCA FFPMRCA
Specialising in conditions causing Chronic Pain
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Dr James Rucker
MBBS, BSc, MRCPsych, PhD
Specialising in Anxiety, PTSD, Depression, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Dr Shaheen Khan
BSc, MSc, MBBS, FRCP
Specialising in Palliative Care
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Dr Mark Weatherall
MBBC, FRCP, PhD, MA
Specialising in Migraine, Multiple Sclerosis, Insomnia, Epilepsy, and Parkinson’s
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Dr Jonathan Hoare
MA, FRCP, PhD
Gastroenterology / General Medicine
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Dr Sushil Beri
MBBS, MD, DNB, MRCPCH
Paediatric Neurology
Pharmacy Team
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Katy McLachlan
MPharm, PgCert, PgDip, IPresc, MFCI
Chief Pharmacist
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Evonne Clarke
BSc(Hons), MSc, IPresc
Patient Care Director
Operations Team
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Judith Kelly
Customer Services Manager
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Ben Lee
Software Engineer
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Amy Abbott
Assistant Clinic Manager
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Emma Keillor
Compliance and Training Team Leader
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Suzy Petty
Business Development and Operations Manager
Leadership Team
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Dr Ross Coomber
BSc (hons), MBBS, FRCS, PGCERT
Operations Director
![Aran Samra](https://curaleafclinic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/aran.png)
Aran Samra
MChem (Oxon) ACA
Clinic Director
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Dr Avani Bhanushali
MSc, BDS
Head of Clinical Operations
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Katy McLachlan
MPharm, PgCert, PgDip, IPresc, MFCI
Chief Pharmacist
![Simon Erridge](https://curaleafclinic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/simon.png)
Dr Simon Erridge
MBBS, BSc
Research Director
How it works
Step 1
Check your eligibility for a consultation by answering a short set of questions and sharing your medical records. It’s easy to share your health and social records when you create an account using your NHS login.
Step 2
Our clinicians will review your application and, if suitable, you can book a virtual appointment via Zoom.
Join the Curaleaf Access Scheme and your first follow up appointment is free.
Step 3
After your consultation, our doctors and pharmacists will meet to discuss whether medical cannabis is appropriate for you.
If approved, your prescription will be sent to your pharmacy, who will contact you to arrange payment and delivery, straight to your door.
Step 4
Patient coordinators are on-hand to answer your questions and admin is made simple with your online Curaleaf Clinic Account, where you can book appointments, request repeat prescriptions and track your health over time.
What legal changes have been made?
On 1st November 2018 the law in the UK was changed regarding medical cannabis. The change was to the Misuse of Drugs regulations 2001. Medical cannabis was re-scheduled from a schedule 1 drug (this means of no medical benefit) to a schedule 2 drug (this allows doctors to prescribe medical cannabis in certain situations).
In practice this means that some patients who have exhausted conventional therapies are able to receive a prescription for medical cannabis. Only doctors on the specialist register of the GMC are authorised to prescribe cannabis medications, and satisfy the the guidelines issued by GMC, NHS England and MHRA.