A woman whose 11-year-old son relies on a “lifesaving” medical cannabis oil has said he could die because the UK has no agreement with the EU on prescriptions. Preston’s Joanne Griffiths said the Bedrolite and Bedica oils, which treat her son Ben’s severe epilepsy, were dispensed in the Netherlands and as such, she could no
A woman whose 11-year-old son relies on a “lifesaving” medical cannabis oil has said he could die because the UK has no agreement with the EU on prescriptions.
Preston’s Joanne Griffiths said the Bedrolite and Bedica oils, which treat her son Ben’s severe epilepsy, were dispensed in the Netherlands and as such, she could no longer source them.
Rules around prescriptions did not form part of the post-Brexit trade deal.
The government said it was working “urgently” with the Dutch authorities.
Mrs Griffith said Ben has brain damage, cerebral palsy and autism and can have up to 300 seizures a day, with some lasting for up to an hour.
She said he had been using the oils for the past two years and they had given him “the first seizure-free days of his life”.
