Car parking permits – do you have one on display in your car?

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From 1st July MEPC will be employing UKPC to patrol parking areas and issue parking tickets where necessary.  If you do not have a MS Centre parking sticker please ask for one. Any questions please speak to Sue.
(Gloria and Dave, please ask the new people that have come in recently if they have a sticker, I don’t think they do).

Small home collection tins for small change

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NEW – Small home collection tins.  It would be great if members could take a small collection tin to keep at home for your small change.  If you can give any to friends and family please do, we have plenty of tins Smile emoticon
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Symptoms of MS halted by cell therapy by Andrew Gregory, Health Editor

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Article in Daily Mirror, 10th June:
 
A stem cell treatment can halt symptoms of ms in sufferers.  Chemotherapy was used to destroy the immune system of 24 MS patients.  Doctors ‘reset’ them using the cells from bone marrow.  It stopped relapses and development of new brain lesions in 23 of the patients for a prolonged period without medication.  Eight patients had a sustained improvement in their condition more than seven years after treatment in Ottawa, Canada.  However one patient died from complications, it was reported in the Lancet. More than 100,000 people have MS in the UK.  Dr Emma Gray, of the MS Society said “This treatment does offer hope, but it’s also an aggressive procedure with substantial risks”.

New report shows MS forcing many newly diagnosed out of work

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Source MS Society:

Half the people living with MS in the UK who aren’t currently employed were forced to stop working within three years of their diagnosis according to a report released today.

The MS International Federation’s  Global Employment Report 2016 also claims fatigue, cognitive impairment and mobility issues are the most common symptoms forcing people with MS to stop working. Read on.

Enable Holidays

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Home Disabled holidays and accessible travel

Enable Holidays has just one aim: to provide fantastic accessible package holidays to people with limited mobility. 


Find out more here!