{"id":164,"date":"2017-12-01T14:01:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T14:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spen.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:17:18","slug":"spen-pathways-and-standards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/professionals\/spen-pathways-and-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathways and Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">SPEN Pathways<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Pathway 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/04\/Pathway-1-SPEN-1-2.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/04\/Pathway-1-SPEN-1-2.pdf\">First Seizure<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pathway 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/04\/Pathway-2-SPEN-1.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/04\/Pathway-2-SPEN-1.pdf\">Diagnosis and Initial Management of Epilepsy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pathway 3:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/05\/SPEN-Pathway-3-final.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/05\/SPEN-Pathway-3-final.pdf\">Continuing Epileptic Seizures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publication date: September 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Review date: September 2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SIGN 159 National Clinical Guideline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sign.ac.uk\/media\/1844\/sign-159-epilepsy-in-children-final.pdf\">SIGN 159 National Clinical Guideline<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">SPEN Joint Clinic Guidance<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/NSD610-011.03-SPEN-Joint-Clinic-guidance.pdf\">SPEN Joint Clinical Guidance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SPEN Buccal Midazolam Guidance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spen.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/01\/2023-09-30-SPEN-Buccal-Midazolam-Guideline-V1.0.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"644\">SPEN Buccal Midazolam Guideline<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SPEN New Normal Recommendations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/04\/2023-09-01-SPEN-New-Normal-Recommendations-NSD610-011.05-.pdf\">SPEN New Normal Recommendations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">SPEN Pathways Pathway 1: First Seizure Pathway 2: Diagnosis and Initial Management of Epilepsy Pathway 3:&nbsp; Continuing Epileptic Seizures Publication [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":603,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-164","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":816,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions\/816"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}