Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 53930

Epilepsy: Drugs

Tabled: 21 May 2025
Answered: 2 June 2025

Question

James Cartlidge

Conservative — South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of barriers to regular access to prescribed medication on people with epilepsy.

Answer

Karin Smyth
There are a range of anti-seizure medications that have been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as effective in the treatment of epilepsy. NICE guidance outlines that clinicians should develop an individualised ant...
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