Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 25413

Epilepsy: Cannabis

Tabled: 21 January 2025

Answered: 27 January 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to a legal prescription for pharmaceutical cannabis-based epilepsy treatments.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Licensed cannabis-based medicines are routinely available on the National Health Service. Epidyolex is used for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare forms of epilepsy, specifically Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and tuberous sc...

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