Epilepsy Alert Sample


Alert Sample

Alert results for: Epilepsy

Information between 14th August 2024 - 13th September 2024

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Parliamentary Debates
Independent Schools: VAT Exemption
91 speeches (27,717 words)
Thursday 5th September 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath (Lab - Life peer) From 2016 until recently, I was chair of Young Epilepsy, which, among many other things, runs a wonderful - Link to Speech

Vaping Products: Usage by Children
21 speeches (9,657 words)
Monday 2nd September 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Lord Bethell (Con - Excepted Hereditary) They offer treatment for those with epilepsy. - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Thursday 5th September 2024
Oral Evidence - Department of Health and Social Care, Department of Health and Social Care, and Department of Health and Social Care

Preterm Birth - Preterm Birth Committee

Found: of view, we should make it every doctor’s or every clinical nurse specialist’s business if you have epilepsy



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Sep. 05 2024
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Source Page: MHRA advises men taking valproate and their partners to use effective contraception
Document: MHRA advises men taking valproate and their partners to use effective contraception (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: Cave, Chief Safety Officer at the MHRA, said:  Valproate is an effective medicine in the treatment of epilepsy

Sep. 05 2024
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Source Page: Valproate use in men: as a precaution, men and their partners should use effective contraception
Document: Advice for male patients on valproate to use contraception (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Valproate medicines are used in treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder.

Sep. 05 2024
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Source Page: Valproate use in men: as a precaution, men and their partners should use effective contraception
Document: 2018 European review (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Their father and mother were treated with valproate for epilepsy.



Non-Departmental Publications - Statistics
Sep. 05 2024
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Source Page: Valproate: Paternal exposure to valproate and risk of neurodevelopmental disorders and congenital malformations in offspring
Document: (PDF)
Statistics

Found: with valproate with those in untreated patients with epilepsy.



Arms Length Bodies Publications
Sep. 05 2024
NICE
Source Page: Fedratinib for treating disease-related splenomegaly or symptoms in myelofibrosis (Review of TA756) [ID5115]
Publication Type: Draft guidance
Document: Committee papers PDF 8.97 MB (webpage)
In consultation

Found: blurred 2 (1.5) 0 1 (0.7) 0 Burning sensation 1 (0.7) 0 NR NR Delirium febrile 1 (0.7) 0 NR NR Epilepsy

Aug. 22 2024
NHS England
Source Page: Information pack and application form to help you apply for a patient and public voice partner role in the Learning Disability and Autism Advisory Group
Document: Easy read information pack (PDF)
Form

Found: For example , medicine for epilepsy or depression We need members to be available You

Aug. 20 2024
NHS England
Source Page: Standard alternative provider medical services contract
Document: Standard alternative provider medical services contract (PDF)
NHS Standard Contract

Found: screening in the preceding 12 months EP002 The percentage of patients 18 or over on drug treatment for epilepsy

Aug. 20 2024
NHS England
Source Page: Standard personal medical services agreement
Document: Standard personal medical services agreement (PDF)
NHS Standard Contract

Found: screening in the preceding 12 months EP002 The percentage of patients 18 or over on drug treatment for epilepsy

Aug. 20 2024
NHS England
Source Page: Standard general medical services (GMS) contract
Document: Standard general medical services (GMS) contract (PDF)
NHS Standard Contract

Found: screening in the preceding 12 months EP002 The percentage of patients 18 or over on drug treatment for epilepsy




Epilepsy mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Tuesday 24th September 2024
Population Health Directorate
Source Page: Scottish Health Survey: content review outcomes report
Document: Scottish Health Survey - content review outcomes report (PDF)

Found: dyscalculia) Neurodivergence (e . g. learning disability, autism, fetal alcohol syndrome, ADHD) Epilepsy

Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Population Health Directorate
Source Page: Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs (IPEDS) and steroids: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400414590 - Information released - Attachments 1 & 2 (PDF)

Found: under the care of a medical consultant, for particular conditions such as multiple sclerosis, severe epilepsy

Monday 2nd September 2024
Healthcare Quality and Improvement Directorate
Source Page: Minutes for the Neurological Conditions Team covering years 2018-2024: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400408922 - Information released - Annex (PDF)

Found: • Paediatric SIGN guideline for epilepsy due out later this year.

Monday 26th August 2024
Mental Health Directorate
Source Page: Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill: Consultation Analysis
Document: Consultation Analysis: Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill (PDF)

Found: A few, however, questioned the inclusion of epilepsy within the scope of the Bill when other neurological

Friday 16th August 2024
Digital Health and Care Directorate
Source Page: Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care
Document: Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care v4.0 (PDF)

Found: • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease • Coronary heart disease • Depression • Diabetes • Epilepsy

Wednesday 14th August 2024
Health and Social Care Finance, Digital and Governance Directorate
Mental Health Directorate
Source Page: Quality Prescribing for Benzodiazepines and z-drugs A Guide for Improvement 2024-2027
Document: Quality Prescribing for Benzodiazepines and z-drugs: A Guide for Improvement 2024-2027 (PDF)

Found: people long-term (≥8weeks) B-Z use may be considered appropriate, for example, in Parkinson’s disease or epilepsy



Scottish Written Answers
S6W-28881
Asked by: Wells, Annie (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Glasgow)
Wednesday 14th August 2024

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many epilepsy specialist nurses there have been in each NHS board in each of the past two years.

Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

The information requested on how many epilepsy specialist nurses there have been in each NHS board in each of the past two years is not centrally available.