After being diagnosed with epilepsy in 2015, Fran walked 500 miles of the Camino de Santiago in Spain two years later, solo. In 2019, she completed the 100KM Race to the Stones ultramarathon. We talk to Fran about adventuring with an epilepsy diagnosis, judging risk and how she doesn’t like the word ‘inspiration’. We also chat with Daniel Jennings, Epilepsy Action’s Senior Policy and Campaigns Officer about sodium valproate and the Cumberledge Review. (Chat with Fran begins 23:35)

This week's epilepsy news:

• Leading epilepsy charities and health professionals have joined forces to urge decision makers and clinicians to prioritise epilepsy as lockdown eases and services resume. We talk about this and  ...