The complex epilepsy clinic is a joint-clinic, run weekly with the clinical nurse specialist, to assist in the better management of people with complex or pharmacoresistant /refractory epilepsy.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusions

Patients who:

• Anyone seen previously by the Epilepsy service that needs to be followed-up should be referred back to the Epilepsy Service and not General Neurology.
• are new to the area with an established pattern of pharmacoresistant epilepsy seen elsewhere.
• have poorly controlled epilepsy who have otherwise been lost to neurology follow-up.

Exclusions

Patients with:

• patients with straightforward epilepsy (moved into area from elsewhere) should be referred to General Neurology (with copies of all previous neurology correspondence if available)
• well controlled epilepsy
• occasional break-through seizures who should be referred through the general neurology pathway
• Non-Epileptic Attacks should only be referred to Dr Neligan (Epilepsy Service) and not to General Neurology

How to refer

The following clinicians can refer to this service: GPs, Nurses