Epilepsy is the most common neurological condition, after stroke. Around 58,000 people in Scotland have epilepsy.
Overview
We are an independent hospital operated by health and social care charity Quarriers providing unique epilepsy services to patients and clinicians across Scotland. Our modern 12-bed inpatient facility provides flexible, patient-centred residential assessment for adults aged 16 years and over.
The centre also provides outpatient and telemedicine clinics.
Information
- Everyone’s experience of epilepsy is different.
- Epilepsy can have a significant impact on many areas of life including employment and relationships. If you have epilepsy, you must be free of seizures for at least one year before you can drive.
- Epilepsy can be a result of an infection or brain injury, but in around seven out of ten cases, there is no known cause.
- There are many different types of seizure and they can last anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes.
- A person may fall to the ground and jerk uncontrollably during a seizure, or they may lose awareness or consciousness.
- People may not have memories of a seizure after it has happened.
Further information
More information about epilepsy is available from Epilepsy Scotland and the NHS. Epilepsy Scotland has a freephone confidential helpline: 0808 800 2200
What is epilepsy? from Epilepsy Scotland.
An Overview of Epilepsy from the NHS.
Patients can be referred to the William Quarrier Scottish Epilepsy Centre for a number of reasons including:
- To clarify the diagnosis and to understand the nature of your seizures.
- To find out what happens to you during your seizures
- To assess how your seizures affect your health and life.
- To assess how factors in your life influence your seizures and health.
- To assess if your seizures and illness affect your mood and memory.
- To make changes to your treatment and medications in a safe environment.
- To provide individual advice and support to help you live with epilepsy.
Referrals are made by patients consultants.
Epilepsy Outreach Services
Quarriers provides Epilepsy Outreach Services across the north east of Scotland, supporting people in the community who have epilepsy as well as those who support them. We can help in providing accurate information on your specific type of epileptic seizure and the physical, social, emotional and psychological effects of living with the condition.
Training
Our pioneering Epilepsy: Train the Trainer training programme
NEW DATE ADDED: Epilepsy Train the Trainer Online Refresher Course announced. See below for details.
We are proud to present our pioneering Epilepsy: Train the Trainer programme. Delivered at the state of the art William Quarrier Scottish Epilepsy Centre, the aim of this three day training programme is to provide you with the skills and materials required to deliver a one day epilepsy rescue medication course within your own organisation on completion of the course.
Course Content
- Epilepsy awareness
- Rescue medication
- How to deliver our pack (training materials for delivering your own course also provided)
- How to facilitate training
Course Dates*
- August 5th-7th, 2026
- October 21st-23rd, 2026
*Bespoke courses can be arranged to suit individual client needs and times, subject to sufficient numbers
Cost
£975 per person
This course is acknowledged in the Epilepsy Specialist Nurses Association Training Guidelines.
This course is designed for those who have already completed the three day Train the Trainer Course, to refresh their knowledge and receive up to date presentations for course delivery.
Course dates:
- Monday, August 17th August 2026 – on Microsoft Teams.
- Wednesday, September 23rd 2026. This is an in-person refresher course at The William Quarrier Scottish Epilepsy Centre, Govan, Glasgow.
- Thursday, November 12th 2026 – on Microsoft Teams.
Cost
£95 per person
Note: If you currently use our Epilepsy Train the Trainer pack, your application will be automatically accepted and a link to join the course will be sent a few days prior to the course start date.
Train the Trainer and Refresher dates will be scheduled and posted here as soon as possible – please check back regularly for updates.
To apply for these courses, book online using the links below. The material from the course can only be used for participants to deliver training within their own organisation and does not support them to sell training courses.
Train the Trainer
Refresher
Our reports
Learn more about WQSEC.
The William Quarrier Conference Centre
Conference facilities offering you choice and value for money in a fantastic contemporary location. Bright, fresh meeting rooms for every size of event, from a mid-morning meeting to a training event, seminar or conference. Just 10 minutes from the City Centre and from Glasgow airport, and a stone’s throw from the SEC.
