Epilepsy training for professionals

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If your organisation is planning to arrange an epilepsy training event or conference related to epilepsy and would like us to promote this free of charge, then please contact Greg Smith at gsmith@epilepsy.org.uk or telephone our head office number:  +44 (0)113 210 8800.

We are here to help everyone understand epilepsy.

Childhood Epilepsy Training for Professionals

• 10 November 2011
• Education & Social Care, Southampton
• 18 November 2010
  Healthcare Professionals, NCYPE, Surrey
• 22 November 2011
  Emergency Medication, NCYPE, Surrey
• 6 December 2011
  Education & Social Care, NCYPE, Surrey
• For further information, go to the NCYPE website:  

Half day epilepsy awareness courses

Fifteen per cent discount for Epilepsy Action professional members 

• Manchester and Liverpool, UK
• Community Epilepsy Services is running courses aimed at people with epilepsy, nurses and health care professionals, carers, families, employers and the legal profession.

Dates

• Manchester - Monday 7 November 9.00am - 1.00pm
• Liverpool - Wednesday 16 November 10.00am - 1.30pm
• Manchester - Thursday 1 December 1.00pm - 5.00pm
• Liverpool - Tuesday 6 December 10.00am - 1.30pm
• Manchester - Friday 13 January 1.00pm - 5.00pm
• Manchester - Friday 31 January 9.00am - 1.00pm
• Manchester - Monday 20 February 9.00am - 1.00pm
• Manchester - Monday 5 March 1.00pm - 5.00pm
• Manchester - Friday 23 March 9.00am - 1.00pm
• Manchester - Wednesday 4 April 9.00am - 1.00pm

Venues

• Manchester - Longford St Group Practice, Longford Street, Heywood, Greater Manchester OL10 4NH. 
• Liverpool - Exemplar Health Care, Kavanagh Place, 1 Rumney Road, Kirkdale, Liverpool L4 1UB

• Cost: £55 for each delegate.

The courses will cover a wide range of issues including types of epilepsy and seizure classification; causes and triggers of epilepsy; first aid; how epilepsy can affect lifestyle, self esteem and independence; driving regulations; employment issues; medication and individualised care plans.

• More information and booking form

Southampton Epilepsy Conference

• Friday 4 November 2011, 9:15am-4pm
• Holiday Inn Hotel, Eastleigh, SO50 9PG
• This Conference in Epilepsy is designed to update the knowledge of GPs and other health professionals involved in supporting people with epilepsy in primary and secondary care.
• Contact: Kim Morley, kim.morley@nhs.net; 023 8029 6215

Epilepsy Action run regular conferences across the UK aimed at people with epilepsy and everyone who has an interest in the condition.