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Early years settings have a duty to keep children with epilepsy safe and included. In England, the EYFS framework sets the welfare standards. Good practice means an individual healthcare plan for the child, a clear medicines procedure, paediatric first aid, and staff trained to recognise and respond to seizures. Why early years settings need to…

Category: Advice, Education

Sleep onset seizures are seizures that happen during sleep. They can be hard to spot, so the signs are often noticed in the morning. Because seizures in sleep may go unwitnessed, they carry added risk and are linked to SUDEP, so good seizure control, a safe sleep set-up and, where appropriate, a monitor or alarm…

Category: Advice, Seizures

When most people picture a seizure, they imagine someone falling to the ground, body stiffening and shaking. That image describes one type of seizure, the tonic-clonic, but it represents only a portion of how seizures actually present. Many seizures involve no convulsions at all. In a workplace setting, these are the seizures most likely to…

Category: Advice

In an emergency, hesitation costs time. When someone has a seizure, the people around them often face a moment of uncertainty. Should they call 999? Should they wait? Is this serious enough? That uncertainty is understandable, but it is also avoidable. Clear criteria exist for when emergency services should be contacted during or after a…

Category: Advice

For many women, perimenopause brings a range of physical and emotional changes that can feel difficult to predict or explain. For women with epilepsy, this life stage can introduce an additional layer of complexity — one that is not always well understood, even by those closest to them. This article explores the relationship between perimenopause…

Category: Advice, Living with Epilepsy

The number of people working alone — whether from home, on the road, or in isolated settings — has increased significantly in recent years. For most employees, lone working is simply a feature of modern working life. For individuals with epilepsy, it raises specific questions that employers and employees need to consider carefully. This article…

Category: Advice, Living with Epilepsy