United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 28282
Epilepsy: Children
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3 February 2025
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12 February 2025 · Answer
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12 February 2025
Summary
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.
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3 February 2025
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
12 February 2025
Answer
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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-02-03/28282
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1761327
- uk · wq-1761327 · source updated 12 February 2025