title: Guidelines, training, audit, and quality standards in children's epilepsy services: closing the loop.
abstract: There has been considerable evolution in epilepsy healthcare for children over the last decade in the United Kingdom. There has been no single explanation for this. The development of national clinical guidelines, locally delivered but nationally designed educational programmes, nation-wide clinical audit, clinical networks and development of designated services have all had complimentary roles in enabling the implementation of national recommendations for the development of epilepsy care. These models may be applicable to other healthcare settings outside the UK.
authors.affiliation: Tayside Children's Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK. Electronic address: martin.kirkpatrick@nhs.net.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
authors.affiliation: Sherwood Forest Hospitals, Nottinghamshire, UK.
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dunkley
authors.affiliation: Leeds General Infirmary, LS1 3EX, UK.
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferrie
authors.affiliation: Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, BS2 8AE, UK.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Flower
authors.affiliation: DeMontfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK.
authors.forename: Bernie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waldron
authors.affiliation: Nottingham Children's Hospital, NG27 2UH, UK.
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Whitehouse
authors.affiliation: Neurosciences Unit, University College London, WC1N 3LU, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Helen Cross
authors.affiliation: British Paediatric Neurology Association, Bolton BL6 7BP, UK.
authors.forename: Philippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rodie
authors.affiliation: Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Appleton
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D054869:Clinical Audit; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006296:Health Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Children's epilepsy services