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Mother-of-two Hannah Deacon, 43, from Kenilworth won her fight for the NHS to prescribe medical cannabis after seeing how well it improved her son's epilepsy symptoms.
| UPDATED: 07:33, Sat, Jan 30, 2021 Link copied Alfie Dingley's mother says cannabis oil 'radically' helped him Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Around 41 families who source their legal cannabis oil in the Netherlands are worried a...
The mother of a nine-year-old boy with a rare form of epilepsy has warned her son’s life is at risk because his medical cannabis can no longer be imported from the Netherlands due to Brexit. Hannah Deacon said she had only learned of the change in policy less than two weeks before the Brexit transition period came to an end at the end of 2020. She said she now has just six weeks’ supply left of the Bedrolite oil on which her son, Alfie Dingley, depends to keep him free of seizures. However when she appealed to the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) for help, she said they showed...