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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Martin Bagot

'Our son may get end-of-life care if we can't afford £1,200 of medical cannabis'

Parents of a boy with severe epilepsy were told to prepare for end-of-life care if they can no longer afford to pay for his medicinal cannabis.

Rachel Rankmore today tells her harrowing account of trying to obtain son Bailey Williams’ pills after the Mirror revealed there is now a complete NHS block on prescribing them.

It comes as families of children with epilepsy say they face months of torment after learning access to a different “life-saving” medicinal cannabis product is in doubt for next year.

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