Footnotes

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• Contributors This article was written solely by TM.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Disclaimer The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR, or the Department of Health and Social Care.

• Competing interests TM was a previous member of the DVLA Neurological Disorders panel and his research included the development of risk prediction models for seizure recurrence.

• Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.