21st November 2025 SWIPE Meeting
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| 09:15 | Venue Open / Refereshments |
| 09:45 | Welcome and Introduction Dr Hayley King, Consultant General Paediatrician, UHBW & Dr Ravi Poorun, NIHR Clinical Lecturer, UoE |
| 10:00 | The role of genetic testing in rare epilepsy disorders Dr Sam Amin, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, UHBW |
| 10:45 | Epilepsies with variable diagnostics Dr Thiloka Ratnaike, Paediatric Neurology Trainee, UHBW |
| 11:15 | Refreshment break |
| 11:35 | Snippets from Exeter |
| 12:00 | Outcome prediction in paediatric vagal nerve stimulation therapy: what does the evidence tell us? Mr Will Singleton, Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon, UHBW |
| 12:45 | Paediatric Neurosurgical Research Talk Dr Oliver Sluijters, Neurosurgical Trainee, NBHT |
| 13:10 | Lunch |
| 13:55 | Clinical and genetic spectrum of GRIN-associated epileptic encephalopathies: A case series Dr Saraswathi Holla, Paediatric trainee, UHBW |
| 14:35 | Epilepsy 12 Discussion and Network Update Dr Archana Murugan, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, UHBW and Colin Dunkley, Epilepsy 12 |
| 15:20 | Refreshment break |
| 15:40 | CESS Updates and new technological and research developments within the network Mr Mike Carter, Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon, UHBW |
| 16:20 | A case of pancytopenia in a child with Dravet syndrome Dr Katy Burnage, Paediatric Neurology Trainee, UHBW |
| 16:40 | Feedback, wrap-up. |