SPESS Team

SPESS Team We are a Paediatric national service in Scotland providing epilepsy surgery to children that are sui

Some of the SPESS team attended Stirling yesterday to participate in a “complex epilepsy” study day, hosted by SPEN and ...
04/06/2025

Some of the SPESS team attended Stirling yesterday to participate in a “complex epilepsy” study day, hosted by SPEN and sponsored by and .

Colleagues from all over Scotland gathered to learn about complex epilepsy and treatments.

Very informative presentations on Epilepsy genetics, Metabolic epilepsies, Ketogenic diet, Treatment of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and Epilepsy surgery.

SPESS team members delivered presentations on

“Network in delivering an epilepsy Surgery Programme”
“Update on epilepsy surgery techniques”
“Epilepsy surgery case studies”

Studies show early referral for discussion and epilepsy surgery at an early age improve outcomes and quality of life.

If you are unsure if you or your child may be a suitable candidate for Epilepsy surgery speak with your consultant in clinic and ask.

Harrison celebrating one and a half years of seizure freedom following temporal lobectomy to treat intractable epilepsy....
31/05/2025

Harrison celebrating one and a half years of seizure freedom following temporal lobectomy to treat intractable epilepsy.
Congratulations Harrison, it’s great to hear how well you are doing 💜

#1.5years

14/09/2021

Meet the 'sleepy doctors'! We understand that coming for an operation, scan or procedure that needs a child or young person to have some 'sleepy medicine' (known as an anaesthetic) can be worrying. Your child might be feeling nervous, you might have some questions about what to expect or be confused about whether they can eat or drink. We've added some new information to our website for children and families, with helpful information, pictures, leaflets and contact details for Crichton Unit at the , where our day case operations usually take place. For children and young people having surgery or procedures in other places, such as St. John's Hospital, these pages will be helpful for them too. Take a look and meet the team!

https://bit.ly/Sleepy_Doctors

We received this beautiful piece of art from one of our little epilepsy warriors recently, Hamish has been seizure free ...
06/08/2021

We received this beautiful piece of art from one of our little epilepsy warriors recently, Hamish has been seizure free since his epilepsy surgery 4 years ago. Pre surgery he experienced a disabling seizure frequency, it is fantastic to see his developmental gains and improved quality of life 💜

This beautiful glitter pill mandala represents the power of medicine to help and heal. Sometimes the magic of medicine a...
01/06/2021

This beautiful glitter pill mandala represents the power of medicine to help and heal. Sometimes the magic of medicine alone is not enough.
The aim of epilepsy surgery is to reduce or stop seizures.
It can result in seizure freedom and discontinuation of medication for some, others require the combination of surgery and medication.

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01/06/2021

It's and we'd like to give a big shout out to all of the volunteers working so hard to help children, young people and their families across NHS Lothian. Christine (pictured here on the left) is one of our welcome team at the in Edinburgh, greeting children and families as they arrive, helping with directions, giving out masks or sanitiser where it's needed and generally being friendly and fabulous!

A retired primary teacher, Christine has also volunteered on the Haematology and Oncology wards as a play leader, before rejoining the old 'Sick Kids' in January this year and transferring to the brand new RHCYP in March. Christine told us:
"I love the personal contact with the patients (young and old) and their relatives. I hope that by having a little chat with them as we go to wherever , I am able to provide a reassuring welcome and a little break before whatever appointment they are attending. I also love how the time just whizzes by! "

Thank you to Christine and our whole team of welcoming at all of our hospitals. You do an amazing job! 💙

Purple day...... 💜💜💜
26/03/2021

Purple day...... 💜💜💜

Reflecting on our patients as the lift to theatre closed for the last time.Of the many helpless and despairing parents w...
23/03/2021

Reflecting on our patients as the lift to theatre closed for the last time.
Of the many helpless and despairing parents we have tried to comfort as they give their child into our care.
The many children we have taken back down that lift post surgery.
The ones you know are going to make for a long shift, the ones already fighting the head bandage and lines, the ones that will now have a life, the ones on their way to a better life, the ones that have a challenging life ahead, the ones already bouncing back. Every single one a privilege 💙💜

23/03/2021

👇 The brand new Royal Hospital for Children & Young People (RHCYP) fully-opens on Tuesday 23 March - and children's A&E is moving. If you need to bring a child or young person to the Emergency Department from 8am, Tuesday 23 March onwards, you need to come to the new RHCYP at Little France. 🚑

23/03/2021

📢 Our new children's website is live! If you need to bring a child or young person to hospital, for an appointment or test, stay on a ward or visit the Emergency Department, check out our brand new site, full of friendly and helpful information. You can peek inside the wards, take a 360 tour or watch videos to help you know what to expect at the new when it opens on 23 March.

👉 https://children.nhslothian.scot

Epilepsy is so much more than seizures..... Epilepsy surgery can be an effective treatment for the right candidates.If y...
23/10/2020

Epilepsy is so much more than seizures..... Epilepsy surgery can be an effective treatment for the right candidates.
If you are unsure if your child is suitable for surgery speak to their doctor or look up our website...

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