Cannabis: Medical Treatments
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS prescriptions for cannabis-based products have been issued in Romford constituency in each year since 2018.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The following table shows the total number of cannabis-based medicines with a marketing authorisation, namely nabilone, sativex, and epidyolex, dispensed in the community in the North East London Integrated Care Board against a National Health Service prescription, each year from 2018 to 2024:
Calendar year | Number of prescription items |
2018 | 22 |
2019 | 27 |
2020 | 14 |
2021 | 30 |
2022 | 44 |
2023 | 61 |
2024 | 72 |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority.
Data on unlicensed cannabis-based medicines is withheld in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulations, due to the number of items attributed to fewer than ten patients and the enhanced risk of release of patient identifiable information.
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