Guidance

Epidemiological assessment on proposed CESS service specification changes

An assessment on the potential population impact of proposed changes to the children’s epilepsy surgery service (CESS) specification.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 18 November 2016

Documents

Epidemiological assessment on proposed change to England’s CESS specification

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2015603

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Details

The assessment provides independent epidemiological evidence on how CESS may be affected if the proposed changes to the current service specification are implemented.

The proposed changes are:

• to expand the list of operations to be undertaken at designated CESS centres
• to change the current service specification so that children of all ages needing epilepsy surgery have their operations at one of the four designated CESS centres

Published 18 November 2016