Epilepsy Research UK is pleased to announce the Top Ten priorities for research into epilepsy, following the nationwide UK Epilepsy Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) involving patient groups, people affected by epilepsy and healthcare professionals.
Inequalities in research funding have meant progress for epilepsy has been slow. In partnership with the James Lind Alliance and NIHR, the epilepsy community came together to develop evidenced priorities to drive greater investment and guide future innovations that matter most to those impacted by the condition.
The eighteen-month-long project used the James Lind Alliance rigorous methodology to identify and prioritise unanswered questions that are most important to those affected by and working in epilepsy. Of the 5,000 survey responses, by far the most prominent voice was people living with epilepsy, who made up 55% of responses.
