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Northern Irish mental health champion meets young people
Jack Morgan | The mental health champion, Professor Siobhan O’Neill, heard directly from young people with epilepsy
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Covid booster available for people with epilepsy – November 2023
People with epilepsy are being encouraged to get their Covid booster vaccine for winter 2023
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Autumn budget 2023: welfare reforms announced
Grace Wood | As part of the autumn budget, chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he wanted to reduce “workless households”
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Locked out at ABBA Voyage
Murray Goulder has lived with epilepsy for 27 years. He talks about his experience at ABBA Voyage in London
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Sending triggering images online now illegal
The legislation is named Zach’s Law after Zach Eagling who was the victim of an online attack
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75% of carers struggling with mental health
Epilepsy Action joins Carers UK in calling for the government to develop a National Carers Strategy
Epilepsy campaigning
Cost-of-living payments cut from disability benefits
A survey by Epilepsy Action suggested 58% of people with epilepsy are worried about being able to afford bills
Epilepsy campaigning
Make Things Work campaign broadcast across the UK
A petition to Make Things Work for people with epilepsy has been signed by more than 1,500
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Railway ticket office closures halted following campaign
Grace Wood | Proposals to close ticket offices have been scrapped following a campaign from charities including Epilepsy Action