Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 64915

Epilepsy: Research

Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 11 July 2025

Question

Kanishka Narayan

LabourVale of Glamorgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support research into (i) Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) and (ii) epilepsy-related mortality, (b) improve understanding of the causes of thos

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Department funds research into epilepsy via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR has funded a range of ongoing and completed epilepsy research, including research into the development of a wireless intracranial neuromon...

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