New video for sharing - 'Epilepsy - it's more than just seizures'
This year National Epilepsy Week runs from 20-26 May 2024 and we will be launching our brand new epilepsy awareness video “Epilepsy – it’s more than just seizures.”
National Epilepsy Week 2024
20 May marks the start of National Epilepsy Week 2024. But it is also 100 days to the start of the Paralympics in Paris, when elite athletes from across the globe will be going for gold in their chosen field.
O2 removes advert with strobe lighting after people with photosensitive epilepsy raise concerns
The phone network O2 has let us know that they will no longer be screening their most recent advert, ‘Only on priority’, after many people with photosensitive epilepsy raised concerns that the strobe lighting that appears from the beginning could trigger seizures.
“Game-changing” new laser beam therapy will help to reduce seizures in some patients with epilepsy
The NHS will roll out world-leading laser beam therapy to help reduce seizures in a small number of people with drug-resistant epilepsy from next month.
New research finds half of people living with Dravet Syndrome experience feeding problems
A study that was jointly funded by the Epilepsy Society has found that over half (52 per cent) of children and adults with Dravet Syndrome have experienced some form of feeding problem, with some reporting multiple issues.
Charities call on Health Secretary to carry out urgent review of medicines supply chain
The Epilepsy Society is calling on Health Secretary Victoria Atkins to carry out an urgent review of the medicines supply chain as our own survey, carried out with other health charities, shows the struggles that people are experiencing in accessing life-saving medication.