Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 28282

Epilepsy: Children

Tabled: 3 February 2025

Answered: 12 February 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children with severe epilepsy can access second-generation cannabis-based medicines through the NHS.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The law allows United Kingdom specialist doctors to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPMs). Cannabis-based medicines licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are routinely available on the National He...

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