Epilepsy: Cannabis

(asked on 9th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions for (a) Epidyolex and (b) unlicensed cannabis-based medicines were issued for people with epilepsy by the NHS in each month since November 2018.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 24th June 2020

The information requested is not held by the Department. Prescription data collected by the NHS Business Services Authority does not include what condition the medicine has been prescribed for.

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