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We are thrilled to announce that Sanjay Sisodiya has been appointed to the new role of Transformation Director at the Epilepsy Society. Professor Sisodiya will combine this role with his clinical and research responsibilities at UCLH and UCL. This is as part of our much-valued partnership with UCLH and UCL that brings so many benefits to people with epilepsy.

We are holding an exhibition about epilepsy in the House of Commons in May and we need your help to make sure that all 650 MPs come and visit us. 

Our Director of Genomics, Professor Sanjay Sisodiya, is a co-author of a Nature Review Perspective, exploring how climate change is affecting human health globally. In this Perspective, the research team explored how changing weather patterns resulting from climate change affect sleep.

The Epilepsy Society has welcomed the findings of an international study that throws new light on why some people with focal epilepsy do not respond to anti-seizure medications.

Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper - GOV.UK consultation sets out the Governments plans and proposals to reform health and disability benefits and employment support. 

Although announced plans state that people with severe long-term health conditions will be protected and will not face reassessments, the charity is concerned about how people with epilepsy will be assessed. We urge the government to clarify the impact of its proposals as soon as possible to provide peace of mind to disabled people that benefits will not be withdrawn or frozen before additional support is provided.