Arlene Foster and DUP support Epilepsy Society sodium valproate campaign
Arlene Foster, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and First Minister of Northern Ireland has pledged her support for Epilepsy Society's campaign to ensure mandatory reviews for all women and girls of childbearing who take sodium valproate.
Jeremy Hunt responds to Epilepsy Society on sodium valproate
On 21 September 2017, Epilepsy Society's chief executive, Clare Pelham, wrote to health secretary Jeremy Hunt asking him to introduce mandatory annual reviews for any girl or woman of childbearing age who is taking the epilepsy drug sodium valproate.
Epilepsy drug Trobalt (retigabine) to be discontinued
The epilepsy drug Trobalt, also known as retigabine, is to be discontinued and will no longer be available after June 2017.
Epilepsy Society welcomes international recruits
Epilepsy Society welcomed several international recruits to join our care services team by partnering with an overseas workers' programme.