Men’s Health and Epilepsy
Dr Susan Duncan gives a presentation to delegates at the Cross Party Group for Epilepsy meeting at Holyrood, with MSPs…
Awareness Raising Events
SUDEP Rates remain high in Scotland
On 28 March at the Scottish Parliament Epilepsy Consortium Scotland held their latest Cross Party Group Meeting. The topic discussed…
Pregnancy and Epilepsy, SIGN Guidelines
Dr Linda Stephen (right) & Epilepsy Connections Fieldworker Barbora Jones take time out from clinic to celebrate the national roll…
Parliamentary motion and written questions submitted by ECS
Supporting the Epilepsy Community, a Parliamentary motion was recently submitted to highlight the prevalence of mental ill-health, behavioural disorder and…
Cross Party Group discuss use of cannabinoids
Pictured Left to Right: David Torrance (MSP) Kenneth Gibson (MSP), Dr Richard Chin (Director of the Muir Maxwell Centre, Consultant…
Cross Party Group on Epilepsy Achievements Summary
The Cross Party Group met on the 25th January and some ongoing updates were presented to the group by the…
National Epilepsy Week, 14-20 May 2017
Epilepsy Consortium Scotland members manned an exhibition stand within the Scottish Parliament during national epilepsy week and personally briefed dozens…
SIGN Guidelines
Revised SIGN guidelines (143) for adults with epilepsy were launched in June 2015. The Consortium ensured that MSPs were aware…
National Epilepsy Week, 18-24 May 2015
During that week the World Health Organisation passed a new resolution inviting countries to introduce coordinated action plans for epilepsy.…
WHO Resolution for Epilepsy
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is committed to strengthening care for epilepsy across the globe. It was timely that during…