Referrals

Specialist epilepsy clinic

Consultant to consultant referrals should be by letter to a named consultant or addressed to: Specialist epilepsy team consultants.
GP referrals should be via the e-referral system.

Epilepsy surgery

Consultant to consultant referrals should be by letter to a named consultant or addressed to: Specialist epilepsy team consultants.
GP referrals should be via the e-referral system.

First seizure clinic

Referrals from within UHS should be via the eQuest system.
Consultant to consultant referrals should be by letter to a named consultant or addressed to: Specialist epilepsy team consultants.
GP referrals should be via the e-referral system.

Education, training and resources

Emergency medication administration and epilepsy awareness training

Our specialist epilepsy team run training days twice a year. For information on dates, costs and how to book, please e-mail epilepsysupport@uhs.nhs.uk

The course is delivered by experienced epilepsy nurse specialists, and is designed to meet the Epilepsy Nurse Association (ESNA) best practice guidelines (2019). ESNA is a professional organisation whose membership consists of nurses and other health professionals working to support people with epilepsy in the fields of adults, learning disabilities and paediatrics.

Information for carers and care managers

You can access training packages and information from the national organisations listed at the bottom of this page. Some patients, however, will require emergency medication and your staff will need additional training to be able to administer this.

Course content

Epilepsy awareness

Emergency medication administration

Buccal midazolam will always be covered. In addition (dependant on the needs of the group) we can also cover clobazam, lorazepam, rectal diazepam, rectal paraldehyde and the use of the vagal nerve stimulator magnet.

The session will also cover:

medications - different preparations, doses and storage/disposal
when to use, side effects and what to do if not effective
individual emergency plans
duty of care, responsibility and accountability.

Assessment of learning

Other sources of information and advice

The national epilepsy associations are also a very good resource for information and advice.

Young epilepsy www.youngepilepsy.org.uk
Provides online information and e-learning packages for health professionals, teachers, carers and parents.

Epilepsy Action www.epilepsy.org.uk
Provides online information and e-learning packages for health professionals, carers and patients.

Epilepsy Society www.epilepsysociety.org.uk
Provides online information for health professionals, carers and patients.

For health professionals - referrals and education