Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 9250

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 15 October 2024

Answered: 21 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Mr Paul Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the Lancashire Teaching Hospital Trust on the potential merits of enabling clinicians to prescribe unlicensed cannabis products to children for clinical reasons.

Answer

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published technology appraisals recommending Epidyolex, a licensed form of cannabidiol extracted from cannabis, for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare forms of epilepsies, sp...

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