Amanda Pritchard, NHS England Chief Executive stepped down from her role today and will leave at the end of March. The first woman in the health service’s history to hold the post of chief executive, ...

Would you like to help us raise awareness about epilepsy on Purple Day (26 March) by talking about your experience of epilepsy on national and regional radio and tv?

People with a rare form of epilepsy in England will now have a new treatment option to try following approval by NICE.

Fasting can be for religious reasons. But it has also become popular in recent years. Many people believe it is good for their health but how may it affect people with epilepsy? What effect does ...

Kate Alcock was appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the beginning of July 2023. Kate joined the Board of Epilepsy Society in December 2015 and was the chair of the Appointments and ...

We are starting to prepare for Purple Day and need your help! This year our theme is ‘Stand up to seizures’ and we are going to be talking to local, regional and national radio and tv broadcasters to ...

Anyone can develop epilepsy, at any time of life. It happens in people of all ages. There are over 600,000 people with epilepsy in the UK. Epilepsy varies greatly and affects everyone differently.

As part of our medications shortages campaign, our CEO Clare Pelham was interviewed on BBC Look North, alongside the mother of 44-year-old David Crompton who tragically died last December after being ...

A study conducted by a team of researchers from the Epilepsy Society, including Professor Sanjay Sisodiya and Angeliki Vakrinou has been published in the Brain Communications Journal. The study ...

Children over the age of two and adults with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) in Scotland can now be prescribed the anti-seizure medication, fenfluramine. The news follows a decision by the Scottish ...