All Epilepsy articles
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Test and reflectPatient scenarios: SIGN guidance on the management of epilepsy in children and young people
The following case studies, written by Dr Alix Rolfe, relate to her article Epilepsy in children and young people: what is the role of primary care?
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Key learning points
Key learning points: NICE cannabis-based medicinal products
Dr David Spraggett outlines five key learning points to take away from the 2019 NICE guideline on cannabis-based medicinal products
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Implementing guidelines
Structured face-to-face annual review is key for adults with epilepsy
Dr Anne Coker reviews SIGN Guideline 143 on adults with epilepsy and the recommendations for specific patient groups including people with psychiatric conditions
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NICE quality standard article
New quality standards on the epilepsies will promote better care
Professor Helen Cross and Drs Colin Dunkley and Margaret Jackson explain how an integrated approach to epilepsy care could avoid misdiagnosis and improve outcomes for patients
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Implementing guidelines
NICE updates its recommendations on treatment of epilepsy
Dr Greg Rogers outlines how the NICE guideline on epilepsy will help clinicians to choose the most appropriate drug based on seizure type and syndrome
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Implementing guidelines
Prompt referral is required for suspected new epileptic seizures
Dr Simon de Groot explains how management of patients with epilepsy remains poor despite availability of guidance and recognition of the impact of the condition
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Personal view
Teenagers are set to lose out with the new epilepsy indicators
GPs should continue to treat patients aged 16 and 17 in primary care even though the epilepsy register now starts at 18 years, as Dr Andrew Orr explains
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Personal view
What should GPs do to improve epilepsy care?
Local GP specialists are one way to improve care for patients with poorly controlled epilepsy, argues Dr Phillip Bland
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GMS contract
Have QOF indicators improved epilepsy management?
Tackling the indicators in the nGMS contract is an important step towards providing structured care for patients with epilepsy, says Dr Andrew Orr
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Implementing guidelines
SIGN guideline will improve care in childhood epilepsy
A diagnosis of epilepsy should be made by an expert but the GP’s role in the care of children with the condition is important too, as Dr Martin Kirkpatrick explains
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Implementing guidelines
SIGN notes for discussion with patients and carers: 22. Management of epilepsies in children and you
22. Management of epilepsies in children and young people
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Implementing guidelines
NICE epilepsy guideline recommends regular structured reviews
Epilepsy diagnosis should be carried out by specialists but GPs have an important role to play in long-term management of the condition, says Dr Henry Smithson
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Good practice initiative
Forth Valley guideline transforms standards of epilepsy care
This year’s Guidelines in Practice Award winning team explain how epilepsy patients have benefited from a collaboration between primary and secondary care and the voluntary sector
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Personal view
Which date should we use to record the last seizure?
Dr Andrew Orr answers a reader’s question about how to record data in the epilepsy section of the new GMS contract
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GMS contract
Quality indicators are basis for improving epilepsy management
The new GMS contract will encourage GPs to take a systematised approach to epilepsy care, which should benefit patients and practices, says Dr Andrew Orr
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Good practice initiative
Practice's structured approach improves management of epilepsy
Epilepsy demands structured management but few patients are keen to attend clinics. Dr Andrew Orr (left) and Aileen Mackenzie describe their practice’s solution
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Implementing guidelines
Guideline will promote optimal management for epilepsy patients
SIGN s epilepsy guideline incorporates new evidence to provide a comprehensive guide to management for both specialists and non-specialists, says Dr Janet Fitton
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Good practice initiative
Practice audit identifies shortfalls in epilepsy management
Dr Nigel Watson explains how the results of an audit convinced all the GPs in his practice of the need to improve epilepsy care
