The management of people with epilepsy in a city wide care home service, the impact of a GP with Special Interest in epilepsy, and Enhanced Health in Care Homes Framework.

Background: The incidence of epilepsy increases with age, especially in people diagnosed with dementia. Seizures in an elderly population are likely to have a focal onset, for which sodium channel blockers are the drug of choice. This study reviews the clinical needs and care of people with epilepsy (PWE) in a city wide care home service and assessing the impact of a GP with Special Interest in epilepsy (GPwSIe).

The impact of a clinical review of people with active epilepsy not under shared care by a GP with special interest.

Purpose: To review clinical outcomes of a single face-to-face review of people with epilepsy (PWE) not under shared care, and any recommendations following a notes review of non-attendees and those under shared care, by a GP with Special Interest in epilepsy (GPwSIe).

Method: One hundred and eighty one PWE, not under shared care were invited for a review. In addition, fifty six people under shared care had a notes review.

UK general practice: Continuing to fail in the care of people with epilepsy?

Purpose: To review the standard of clinical care of people with epilepsy (PWE) attending UK general practice after epilepsy was removed from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) in 2014.

Method: The case notes of 324 people were reviewed against standards based on National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Drug Safety Unit (DSU), and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) guidelines.

Results: Annual face-to-face review fell significantly (p = 0.

First evidence of the clinical impact of a general practitioner with a special interest in epilepsy.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to review the clinical outcomes of people with epilepsy (PWE) attending a primary care-based specialist epilepsy service.

Method: The case notes of 355 people attending the service and subsequent follow-up from 2005 to 2013 were reviewed.

Results: There had been 37 deaths (all nonattributable to epilepsy), and 38 people had left the area, leaving 280 people who completed the audit.

A review of people who did not attend an epilepsy clinic and their clinical outcomes.

Purpose: To review the clinical outcomes of people who failed to attend or failed subsequent follow up in a Primary Care based specialist epilepsy service.

Method: The case notes of 200 people who had failed to initially attend the service or subsequent follow up from 2005 to 2013 were reviewed.

Results: Clinical outcomes were determined for 152 people, with the remaining 48 having left the area.