United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 1238
Epilepsy: Children
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9 November 2023
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15 November 2023 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of utilising medicinal cannabis to treat children with intractable epilepsy.
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9 November 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of utilising medicinal cannabis to treat children with intractable epilepsy.
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15 November 2023
Answer
The licensed cannabis-based medicine Epidyolex is prescribed and routinely funded by the National Health Service for the treatment of people aged two years old and over with Dravet syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. This fol...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-09/1238
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1669042
- uk · wq-1669042 · source updated 15 November 2023