David Lewis Centre

British health and disability foundation

David Lewis (also known as the 'David Lewis National Epilepsy Centre', David Lewis School and 'The David Lewis Centre' is a health foundation based in Little Warford, Cheshire. It provides residential accommodation, education and health services to people with epilepsy, autism learning and physical disabilities.^[1]

It is a registered charity under English law and in 2007–8 had a gross income of over £27 million, the majority of which comes from local authorities. David Lewis employs over 800 staff.^[2]

It was founded in 1893 by the estate, and to continue the work, of the Victorian philanthropist David Lewis (1823–1885) of Liverpool who had founded the Lewis's retail stores.

References

^ "The David Lewis Centre". Retrieved 20 April 2008.
^ "David Lewis Centre, registered charity no. 1000392". Charity Commission for England and Wales.

External links

Official website

Seizures and epilepsy

Basics

Seizure types
Aura (warning sign)
Postictal state
Epileptogenesis
Neonatal seizure
Epilepsy in children

Management

Anticonvulsants
Investigations
- Electroencephalography
Epileptologist

Personal issues

Seizure types

Focal	Seizures Simple partial Complex partial Gelastic seizure Epilepsy Temporal lobe epilepsy Frontal lobe epilepsy Rolandic epilepsy Sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy Panayiotopoulos syndrome Vertiginous epilepsy
Generalised	Tonic–clonic Absence seizure Atonic seizure Automatism Benign familial neonatal seizures Lennox–Gastaut syndrome Myoclonic astatic epilepsy Epileptic spasms
Status epilepticus	Epilepsia partialis continua Complex partial status epilepticus
Myoclonic epilepsy	Progressive myoclonus epilepsy Dentatorubral–pallidoluysian atrophy Unverricht–Lundborg disease MERRF syndrome Lafora disease Early myoclonic encephalopathy Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
Non-epileptic seizure	Febrile seizure Psychogenic non-epileptic seizure

Related disorders

Organizations

Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (US)
Epilepsy Action (UK)
Epilepsy Action Australia
Epilepsy Foundation (US)
Epilepsy Outlook (UK)
Epilepsy Research UK
Epilepsy Society (UK)

Schools in Cheshire

Primary

Secondary

Cheshire East	All Hallows RC College Alsager School Brine Leas School Congleton High School Crewe Engineering and Design UTC Eaton Bank Academy The Fallibroome Academy Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School Knutsford Academy The Macclesfield Academy Malbank School Middlewich High School The Oaks Academy Poynton High School Ruskin High School St Thomas More RC High School Sandbach High School Sandbach School Shavington Academy Sir William Stanier School Tytherington School Wilmslow High School
Cheshire West & Chester	Bishop Heber High School The Bishops' Blue Coat CE High School Blacon High School Chester RC High School Christleton High School County High School Ellesmere Port Church of England College Ellesmere Port RC High School Hartford High School Helsby High School Neston High School Queen's Park High School Rudheath Senior Academy St Nicholas Catholic High School Tarporley High School Upton-by-Chester High School Weaverham High School The Whitby High School The Winsford Academy
Halton	Blessed Carlo Acutis RC & CE Academy The Grange Academy The Heath School Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy Ormiston Chadwick Academy Ss Peter & Paul RC High School Sandymoor Ormiston Academy Wade Deacon High School
Warrington	Beamont Collegiate Academy Birchwood Community High School Bridgewater High School Cardinal Newman RC High School Culcheth High School Great Sankey High School King's Leadership Academy Warrington Lymm High School Padgate Academy Penketh High School St Gregory's RC High School Sir Thomas Boteler CE High School UTC Warrington