Mark@Epilepsy Action's blog

During October, Epilepsy Action took part in 22 radio interviews, and 36 online features.

Epilepsy Action has been approached by a documentary production company who are developing a film for Channel 4 focussing on young carers in the UK. The company are looking to work with children aged 9-14 years who are just about the only carer for another family member with epilepsy.

Welcome to our new Epilepsy Action monthly media blog. It would be impossible to report on all our media coverage (you’ll see why if you visit our press releases page). I want to give you a snapshot of just some of the work we have been involved with to help raise awareness of epilepsy in the media - in the press, on the radio, online and on the television.

You have a chance to win £5,000 for Epilepsy Action, thanks to The Big Give.

We've done a survey of health trusts to find out about current services available for people with epilepsy. The results of this survey will be made available to individual health trusts to help inform them about any gaps in service provision. The results will also allow Epilepsy Action to assess epilepsy services available in different parts of the country.

It's that time of year when many of us start thinking about present-buying. So it's good news that there are many ways you can shop and support Epilepsy Action at the same time.

The UK government is consulting on the future of the care and support needs in England.

Advances in treatment for children with epilepsy were discussed on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour programme this morning.

Last summer, you may remember that the report Wasted money, wasted lives was published.  It looked at the human and economic costs of epilepsy in England, and condemned the continued government failure to meet the needs of people living with the condition. 

Thanks to everyone who responded to our earlier posting looking for people to sign up for guaranteed places in the Great North Run.  I'm pleased to report that we have none of those left - we have willing runners happy to run the half-marathon to raise money for us.