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Epilepsy is the second commonest chronic neurological disorder in developed countries with an estimated prevalence of around 9.7 per 1000 population and an incidence of 0.55 per 1000 per year [1]. Other United Kingdom studies have suggested a prevalence of 7.7 per 1000 population and 5.6 per 1000 population [23]. There is a consistent association between epilepsy and socioeconomic status with a higher prevalence and incidence in the less affluent [2]. People with epilepsy are known to have more physical ill-health than the general population, but previous studies examining this have not usually accounted for higher rates of socioeconomic deprivation in people with epilepsy and have studied less comorbidities [3–5].