Paediatric Epilepsy Clinic

The Paediatric Epilepsy Clinic at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust supports children and young people aged 0-16 years or 18 years if they have Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND).

Referrals can be made by GPs, Community Paediatricians or Ward doctors.

If you think your child is having seizures, you should firstly make an appointment with your GP who can take a detailed history of events and refer into our Epilepsy clinic. National guidance is that you should be seen within 2 weeks, it may take longer to be seen depending on number of referrals. However, your child may be seen sooner if your child's condition is classed as urgent. If your child is admitted to hospital with possible seizures, the doctors on the ward can also refer into our service and you are likely to be seen by a member of our team during your child's admission and treatment plan initiated at that time.

Please see the Epilepsy Support Pages elsewhere on this website for more information.