Our expert epilepsy service works to provide professional and individualised care to our patients and their families. The service is made up of consultants and epilepsy specialist nurses and covers the West Suffolk area, providing support and care for both children and adults.
On this page
- Services provided
- Contact the paediatric epilepsy team
- Contact the adult neurology team
- Contact the epilepsy specialist nurses
- Patient information and support
- Seizure diary
Services provided
- Individualised care planning
- Medication advice and management
- Consultant-led and nurse-led clinics
- Transition service
- Information, guidance and support
Contact the paediatric epilepsy team
- Consultant paediatrician with a special interest in epilepsy: Dr Saraswatula - 01284 713748
- Children’s epilepsy specialist nurse: Fran Franks - 07929661895
Contact the adult neurology team
- Dr Brierley - 01284 712984
- Dr Crawley - 01284 712610
- Dr Maresh - 01284 712984
- Dr Costa - 01284 712846
- Dr Needham - 01284 712610
Contact the epilepsy specialist nurses
- Frank La Rocca - 07855143877, covering West Suffolk, including Haverhill, Sudbury and Newmarket.
- Amy Daws - 01284 713720 or 07815010990, covering West Suffolk, including Stowmarket.
- Debbie Davey and Melissa Oxborough - 01603 216021, covering Thetford.
Patient information and support
- Home - Epilepsy Action
- Epilepsy Society | Transforming lives through advocacy, research and care
- Young Epilepsy | Charity for Children and Young People with Epilepsy
Seizure diary
A seizure diary is a good way of recording information about epilepsy and seizure activity. Our clinical staff will have advised you if you need to complete one of these.
Seizure diaries can be used to make a note of:
- when seizures happen
- what seizures look like
- how long seizures last
- how often seizures occur
- any possible seizure triggers there might have been.
You can share your seizure diary with your consultant and epilepsy specialist nurse. This can help you and those caring for you, to plan what needs to happen next in your treatment.
You can complete the diary either electronically or by printing it off and completing it by hand.
Electronic version
Please save a copy of the form here and complete electronically. Please then send this to epilepsy.nurses@wsh.nhs.uk for review. Please kindly email on a monthly basis.
Printed version
Please print the form here and complete by hand. Please bring your completed copy to your next clinic appointment, or scan it and send it to epilepsy.nurses@wsh.nhs.uk for review. If scanning and emailing, please kindly email it to us on a monthly basis.