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Brexit letter threatens to leave epileptic children without access to life-saving medicine
21/12/2020
Medical cannabis prescriptions can help reduce seizures in youngsters.
Government gives two weeks notice that access to epilepsy treatment for nine-year-old Alfie Dingley will end
About 40 severely epileptic children are affected because supply of medical cannabis is terminated
Government working to ‘find a solution’ after Brexit halts medical drug supply for epileptic children
07/01/2021
Supplies of prescribed medical cannabis set to run out in a matter of weeks, affecting up to 40 children.
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13/01/2021
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The parents of a six year old girl from Suffolk, with severe epilepsy, have run out of her medication, because of Brexit.
Mother of son with severe epilepsy says ‘fight is not over’ as Brexit bans EU states fulfilling UK prescriptions
Government to offer reprieve after Brexit halts medical drug supply for epileptic children
26/01/2021
Supplies of life-saving Bedrolite oil, which is manufactured in the Netherlands, were set to run out in weeks.
The mother of a boy with severe epilepsy has welcomed news that medical cannabis imports from the Netherlands can continue for a while longer.
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01/02/2021
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Eight-year-old Murray Gray, from Edinburgh, must fund £1,300 in cannabis oil shipments from Holland every month to battle life threatening epilepsy seizures