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  • Petition - Review PIP Assessment

    Petition - Review PIP Assessment

    04 October 2019

    This petition asks for a review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment process claiming that evidence shows that people with epilepsy are disproportionately discriminated against during the assessment process. Of those people who have epilepsy and previously received Disability Living Allowance, 54% were denied PIP, this is the second highest rejection rate out of all health conditions and double the national average.

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  • Epilepsy Drug - Warning for Pregnant Women

    02 October 2017

    Almost 70% of women surveyed about a powerful epilepsy drug, Sodium valproate, known as Epilim, have not received new safety warnings about the dangers of taking it during pregnancy.

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