A mother from Aylesham, Kent, who says she pays £2,000 a month for her daughter’s medicinal cannabis supply has called for greater access to the drug on the NHS.
Emma Appleby said her daughter Teagan, 15, uses the drug to manage the daily seizures she suffers due to severe epilepsy.
Medicinal cannabis became legal in the UK six years ago, but Ms Appleby said it is still “impossible” to get it from the health service.
An NHS spokesperson said many products cannot be prescribed on the NHS because their manufacturers have not engaged with the UK medicines regulatory process.
