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Women speaking

Prestigious Public Speaking Opportunity for Young People Living With Epilepsy

Are you a young person living with epilepsy (aged 13-21 on 1 September 2024)? Do you want to challenge yourself with public speaking in...

Aberdeen Support Group

Aberdeenshire epilepsy support group forced to shut

This week, Epilepsy Scotland has been forced to stop its only in-person Aberdeenshire-based Support Group due to lack of funding. After stepping in...

Epilepsy Scotland Calling for GP Practices to Stop Charging for Lifeline Signatures

Epilepsy Scotland are calling on all GPs in Scotland to opt out of charging for signing NCT003 forms which entitle people living with epilepsy...

Disability Commissioner Member’s Bill

The Member’s Bill to establish a Disability Commissioner for Scotland was introduced in the Scottish Parliament yesterday. This is a milestone mark in the...

Tegretol

Tegretol update

We have received lots of enquiries from people having trouble getting their usual Tegretol prescription. Novartis, the manufacturer of Tegretol, have provided an update...

Medication

New UK regulations on sodium valproate for men come into force

New regulations on the prescribing of sodium valproate to men living with epilepsy will come into effect today (31 January). This will be the...

Medication

Epilepsy Scotland Calling for Fix on Shortage of Epilepsy Medication

Epilepsy Scotland is very concerned about the current shortages of epilepsy medication in the UK and is calling on pharmaceutical manufacturers and the Scottish...

PAVES team

PAVES™ team finalists for Celebrating Success Awards

The PAVES™ team was finalists at the NHS Lothian Celebrating Success Awards at the Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel on Thursday 7 September 2023. The...

Youth Group

The impact of Epilepsy Scotland’s Youth Group: Owen’s story

We would like to share Owen’s story and the impact Epilepsy Scotland’s Youth Group has had on him. Owen’s mum contacted the Helpline during the first Covid-19 lockdown....

Epilepsy Consortium Scotland

Epilepsy charities call for more choice on care

Today, 12 September, an association of organisations representing the epilepsy community in Scotland published a new report which calls on the need for people...