NSE provides:
- Residential care for adults with severe epilepsy and additional disabilities. 24 hour specialist care is complemented by developmental and social activities.
- Rehabilitation, helping people to develop lifeskills to enable them to live
well with their epilepsy.
- Research into causes, diagnosis and treatment. NSE enjoys World Health Organisation status as a centre of excellence for epilepsy and operates the only MRI scanner in the UK dedicated to the condition.
- Assessment at the Sir William Gowers Centre. In it's first year, the Centre admitted 280 patients whose epilepsy had become hard to control for an average 25 days' stays.
- Information, education and training through a helpline, websites, leaflets, CD-ROMs, bespoke training and an outreach programme (The Epilepsy Information Network) providing information in healthcare and other
relevant settings throughout the UK.
Contact
The National Society for Epilepsy (NSE)
Simon Ekless, Community Fundraising Manager
Direct line: 01494 601410
Email: simon.ekless@epilepsynse.org.uk
www.epilepsynse.org.uk
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Telephone:
01494 601410
