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Epilepsy team

The Epilepsy team provides assessment, advice and information for people with a diagnosis of epilepsy.

Services we provide

  • Newly diagnosed support
  • One-to-one appointments, including face-to-face or over the telephone
  • Advice on symptom and medication management
  • Lifestyle support and guidance (Including pregnancy support)
  • Support for patients with Learning Disabilities, their families and carers
  • Transition clinics from Paediatrics
  • Care plans and Protocols for emergency medications

Our epilepsy team

  • Dr Geraint Fuller – Consultant Neurologist
  • Dr Farhad Golestani - Consultant Neurologist
  • Sarah Clifford - Neurology Advanced Clinical Practitioner
  • Janie Cowmeadow - Epilepsy Nurse Practitioner
  • Sophie Smart - Epilepsy Specialist Nurse
  • Poppy Thompson – Epilepsy Specialist Nurse

We also work closely with other NHS departments such as the Neurophysiology Department, Health Psychologists and Learning Disability Liaison Nurses.

How to make contact with the Epilepsy Team

You can contact our dedicated Epilepsy advice line on 0300 422 6403 8.00am-4pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). There may not always be someone available to answer the phone, so please leave a message with your name, contact details and a brief description of the problem.

Our nurses will aim to call you back as soon as possible to assess your symptoms, and organise further tests and treatments if needed.

Please be aware the Epilepsy helpline is NOT an urgent or emergency service.

Please call 999 if

  • This is someone’s first seizure

  • If a seizure is lasting longer than what is usual for them (or longer than 5 minutes if you are unsure of the usual length of their seizures)

  • They do not recover as usual afterwards or go into another seizure before fully recovering

  • They have had more than 3 seizures in a 24-hour period.

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans

If you have been asked to attend an MRI scan as part of the diagnosis or monitoring of your epilepsy, you can find more information about what to expect here link: Adults having an MRI scan (gloshospitals.nhs.uk)

EEG investigations

If you have been asked to attend the Neurophysiology department for an EEG you can find out more information about what to expect here: Link Neurophysiology (gloshospitals.nhs.uk)

Non Epileptic Attacks

  • For further information about non-epileptic attacks please click the link or make contact with the Health Psychology department : Link Non-epileptic attacks (gloshospitals.nhs.uk)
  • For more information about our services, or for any other enquires, please contact the Epilepsy advice line and secretary on: Tel: 0300 422 6403 (8.00am-4pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays))
    Email: ghn-tr.glosepilepsynurses@nhs.net
  • When corresponding by email, or leaving a message on the advice line number, please include your full name and date of birth so we can access your medical notes.

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