Our Services

As a service, we work with patients across the whole of Dorset who are registered with a Dorset GP and work very closely with consultant neurologists, neurophysiology, neurorehabilitation, community learning disability teams and the brain injury team.

We provide advice and information about medication, offer additional help and support to patients with a new diagnosis, and hold outpatient clinics across Dorset.

Dorset epilepsy service is an advice service, not an emergency service, staffed Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm excluding bank holidays.

Outpatient services

We hold nurse-led outpatient clinics in Poole Hospital, Swanage Health Centre, Weymouth Community Hospital, Dorset County Hospital and at the Royal Manor Health Centre in Portland. Patients are mainly seen virtually, either by telephone or video call.

Training

Dorset epilepsy service also offers epilepsy awareness and buccal midazolam training courses to staff, friends, or family. Our main training sites are St Mary’s Church Centre in Poole, and the Dorford Centre in Dorchester. This training is free for all NHS staff and £60 for the rest of the public.

Upcoming events

• Poole: Thursday 19th March 2025, Lecture Theatre at Poole Hospital
• Dorchester: 17th November 2025, The Dorford Centre

For more training dates, please refer to the information sheets under relevant documents

If you would like to attend our training sessions, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the following information:

• full name
• job title
• employer
• email (preferably work email)
• date and location of the training session you would like to attend

Relevant documents

• Epilepsy Awareness Training Flyer
• Poole: Epilepsy and Buccal Midazolam Training Information
• Dorchester: Epilepsy and Buccal Midazolam Training Information

If you have any queries about the training, please contact us.