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Question follow-through · 92020

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support and fund clinical trials aimed at achieving licensing and NHS access for complex, cannabis-based medicines used in the treatment of severe, drug-resis

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
20 Nov 2025
Answer
25 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support and fund clinical trials aimed at achieving licensing and NHS access for complex, cannabis-based medicines used in the treatment of severe, drug-resis

  2. 20 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is funding two trials to investigate the safety and efficacy of cannabinoid treatments for drug-resistant epilepsy in both adults and children...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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