A film to raise awareness of how to support a person having an epileptic seizure is receiving positive media attention for health charity Epilepsy Action, including coverage by BBC Breakfast. The campaign video has been devised and produced by Leeds-based video firm On the Ark, and relies on a simple shorthand: C-A-R-E (Comfort, Action, Reassure, Emergency), to provide advice on the […]
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Launch of new guidance to improve epilepsy treatment for people with learning disabilities: RSM webinar: Tuesday 17 November, 10.00am to 4.15pm Session introducing new guidance: 1.00pm Forty per cent of people with epilepsy also have a learning disability and are significantly more likely to die prematurely than the general population. Step Together, a new report to be launched during a […]
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Families of children with severe epilepsy and charities are pleading with the UK government to act on its promises for easier access to cannabis-based medicines. The call comes two years after the government legalised access to them following the high-profile campaigns by the families of Alfie Dingley and Billy Caldwell, two boys with intractable epilepsy, […]
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