On Monday 18 July, the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley, set out the new government’s plans to reform the NHS in England. The plans were set out in a document called ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’. The aim of these reforms is to give more power to doctors and patients in how services look, and how they are delivered.

The Department for Work and Pensions is asking for evidence for an independent review of how the new Work Capability Assessments (WCAs) are working.

I am currently planning Epilepsy Action’s strategy for women. This strategy will guide the work we do in women’s health in the UK, for the years 2011-13. 

Tomorrow, Thursday 22 July, the Secretary of State for Health will be holding a live online Question and Answer session from 10.30am.

The UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is asking for examples of where people feel they have been bullied by public authorities because of a disability.

The International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) has launched the 2010 Excellence in Epilepsy Journalism Award.

Last week was National Epilepsy Week, and last Friday the Guardian newspaper had a special pull-out section about epilepsy.

This week is National Epilepsy Week in the UK.  It’s a really important week for Epilepsy Action, and we use it to raise awareness of epilepsy.

We’re thinking of putting some first aid instructions on the web in other languages. We want to offer them in the most useful form. So it would be really good if you could give us your thoughts on these questions.