The Children's Epilepsy Service is in place to clinically assess, investigate and diagnose epilepsy; or to rule out suspected seizure activity for children and young people age 0 to 17 years old. If epilepsy is diagnosed, the team provides specialist advice and ongoing support to young people/family/carers to help them manage epilepsy well and improve health outcomes. This will be through scheduled outpatient clinic appointments at intervals based on their health need.
The nursing team also:
- support the young person and family following a diagnosis of epilepsy
- provide a point of contact and ongoing support for young people/families in between the scheduled epilepsy clinic appointments
- support the continuity of epilepsy care across community settings including nursery, school, recreational and respite settings
- provide a comprehensive epilepsy care plan and seizure management advice for home and educational settings
- prepare the young person for the transition of care through to adult epilepsy services
North Derbyshire
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Children's Epilepsy Team
South Derbyshire and Derby City
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust - Children's Epilepsy
Glossop
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - Paediatric Epilepsy Service
What happens post-18 years?
North Derbyshire
The young person would be transitioned into the:
Adult Epilepsy Services at Sheffield, Chesterfield and Rotherham Epilepsy Liaison Service, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
South Derbyshire and Derby City
The young person would be transitioned into the:
Adult Neurology Team at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton