Parents with primary or secondary school children with epilepsy have been informed that their kids could be receiving inadequate healthcare treatment.

According to a recent report called Fostering Epilepsy Care In Europe produced by the World Health Organisation, the International Bureau for Epilepsy and the International League Against Epilepsy, thousands of people around the continent are not receiving good quality treatment of their illness.

This is despite the study claiming that epilepsy is a "highly treatable" condition.

According to Irish Health, this is likely to affect up to 40,000 people in Ireland who have epilepsy - many of whom will be children.

The report revealed that out of 33,000 sufferers who die from epilepsy every year in Europe, 13,000 deaths can be prevented if they receive the appropriate healthcare.

Speaking with the magazine, chief executive of Brainwave (the Irish Epilepsy Association) Mike Glynn said more research into the phenomenon called Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy - which results in 40 per cent of fatalities related to the condition - "could help improve patient care".

Written by Donal Walsh

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