r dysfunction, (NSE, March 2003).
             Is there just one type of seizure or more?
             No, there are over 40 different types of seizure. And someone who has epilepsy can be affected by one type of seizure or by complex number of seizures. It appears that the frequency in which people have seizures can vary a great deal from one person to the next. According to NSE (April 2003) up to 80% of those who receive appropriate treatment can remain seizure free.
             Brief history of the NHS and epilepsy
             The NHS first considered setting up services for people with epilepsy following a report published in 1953 titled "Welfare of Handicapped Persons: the special needs of epileptics and spastics" (Ministry of Health, 1953). Three years later the Cohen Report (1956) was released that assessed hospital provided services. The Reid Report followed in 1969 this evaluated the progress of the recommendations following the previous two reports, and identified new developments, with new recommendations. Many of the suggestions and guidelines made in the Reid Report formed a framework of care that is similar to those used today, (Kitson, 1999)
             Is Health Promotion a Prominent part of Practitioners work with people with epilepsy?
             On March 30th 2000 the Services for Patients with Epilepsy, by the Clinical Standards Advisory Group (CSAG), was published, this is a 100-page report focusing on epilepsy. The government commissioned CSAG to produce the report. The report identifies and tries to tackle the issues surrounding the lack of co-ordination and communication between primary and secondary care. With there research in hand it appears that GPs are keen to develop epilepsy services especially identifying the need for epilepsy nurses. However it was identified in the report that there was confusion over the roles of the epilepsy specialists and the GPs.
             The information that CSAG had gained reflected upon epilepsy with a degree of accuracy, and by this...