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The Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates have been awarded the Richard Driscoll Memorial Award 2022

17 November 2022
On 17 November 2022, the Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates were announced as the winners for the Richard Driscoll Memorial Award for outstanding patient involvement in clinical audit at the annual Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) AGM.
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Epilepsy12 methodology and data submission

The current round four of Epilepsy12 comprises two main data processing and reporting components: organisational audit and clinical audit. This page provides details on the methodology and data submission process for both.
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Administration of rectal diazepam to neonates and infants to treat seizures prior to hospital admission - position statement

This guidance is for ambulance services which need to administer diazepam, a medicine for treating seizures, to neonates and infants. It explains how to accurately administer a 1.25mg or 2.5mg dose directly from a 5mg rectal tube. Buccal midazolam is usually preferred to rectal diazepam in the ho...
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Epilepsy12 patient and parent guide

Epilepsy12 is a national audit aiming to improve the quality of care for children and young people with epilepsies in the UK. The patient & parent guides and young person & parent leaflet describe key messages and information from the audit and are useful resources for patients and parents. The Epil...
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Updated guidance on valproate use in women and girls of childbearing years is published

14 December 2020
This guidance, updated in December 2020 and endorsed by Â鶹´«Ã½, has been produced to inform all healthcare professionals of best practice around the use and prescribing of valproate. It supports them to navigate situations that could arise as a result of prescribing valproate to women during childbea...