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The Epilepsy Society is encouraging everyone who is eligible, to have vaccinations for both Covid-19 and flu as we head for the winter. Everyone with epilepsy, aged five and over, is eligible for the Covid-19 booster, but they will not be automatically eligible for the flu jab.

For seven decades, we have been proud and privileged to have Her Majesty The Queen as patron of the Epilepsy Society.

R&B artist, Chris Brown has been fiercely criticised by the Epilepsy Society for sharing a post of someone pretending to have a seizure, then messaging a woman with epilepsy to say he would come round to her house with a strobe light.

The Royal Mail has assured customers that it will prioritise  delivery of medical prescriptions during  industrial strike action (26 and 31 August, 8 and 9 September). However, anyone who is due a delivery of their epilepsy medication should make sure they get their prescription in up to 10 days before it is due. Prescriptions for the September strike dates should be ordered by 31 August.

Over a century after his death, iconic artist Vincent Van Gogh reminds us that epilepsy is often a hidden condition.

A new safety review is being launched into the epilepsy medication topiramate. The drug (brand name Topamax) is already known to be associated with an increased risk of congenital malformations and effects on fetal growth when taken during pregnancy.