Orchard Centre Didcot Essential retail still trading: Sainsbury’sM&S Simply FoodBootsSuperdrugSpecsaversPoundlandPoundstretcherHalifaxHolland & BarrettNationwideSpace Store (supplies/takeaway)Lusso (takeaway/delivery) Please visit http://bit.ly/3d5ZzyS for more details. Space Store, Orchard Centre: Space Store is now able to deliver supplies (e.g. flour, eggs, loo roll, pasta, milk) 7 miles around Didcot. And, we deliver to Wallingford, Abingdon, Caversham, & 1 mi around Reading West… Read more »
Posts By: Karen Jones
First online Exercise session available now!
Dear Readers, It’s ready! Our first online home exercise film is ready for you to start using. Why not start the day with this session to set you up for the day? We would love to hear what you think of it. Please share it with anyone who would enjoy it, especially at the moment, while… Read more »
Centre News
As from 1st April, Sue will be furloughed. The rules state that Sue will not be able to carry out any work for the centre during this time. Therefore emails will be dealt with by Dave Webb or Keith Beswick. Dave Webb Trustee
The Centre will be closed until further notice
The centre will be closed until further notice. Updates will be provided by this newsletter. Also you can follow us on facebook ‘omstc’ Sue will continue to answer emails. You can contact her on ms.therapy@btconnect.com
Centre News
The Trustees have made a decision to keep the centre shut for at least another week (23-27 March). Please keep checking facebook or the blog for further updates. Sue is also checking emails ms.therapy@btconnect.com Keep safe everyone.
Centre Urgent News!!!
We are highly suspicious that someone who has attended the centre has clovid 19 virus. It has therefore been decided by the Chair that we have to shut for the rest of this week. Sue will be contacting everyone who has been in the centre in the last 2 weeks to see if they have… Read more »
Preventing the Spread of Coronavirus
Oxfordshire MS Therapy Centre Preventing the Spread of Coronavirus Information Sheet Coronavirus is a virus similar to the flu virus, which has the same symptoms and effects & spreads the same way. Our Centre users are generally more vulnerable to developing a more serious level of symptoms, therefore, prevention is more important. Coronavirus is a… Read more »
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Public Information: Please follow all guidance being provided by HM Government and NHS regarding the containment of the virus. The news is changing rapidly, please keep up to date with the national and local developments. At the Centre we have provided additional hand sanitisers, tissues, waste bins, and displayed posters reminding people to regularly… Read more »
Coronavirus and MS
Source Multiple Sclerosis International Federation: The coronavirus and MS – what you need to know The ‘novel coronavirus’ (recently named by the World Health Organization as COVID-19) is a respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. COVID-19 is a strain of coronavirus that was first detected in China in December 2019, and has… Read more »
MS Patients Switching from Tysabri to Other Therapies May Risk Disease Activity
Source Multiple Sclerosis News Today: Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients switching from Tysabri (natalizumab) to other disease-modifying therapies may have an increased risk of disease activity, though the risk is lower if the switch is limited to three months, a study found. The results were published in an article, “Effect of switching from natalizumab to moderate- vs high-efficacy DMT in… Read more »
