Source MS Society:
Published date: 30 Oct 2014 at 1:23PM
The disability benefit Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) has featured heavily in the news in the last 24 hours.
While the BBC has reported leaked documents about the future of payments, a major announcement on the new company replacing the assessment provider Atos has also been made. Read on.
MS Society announces £1.45 million of new research
Source MS Society:
We are delighted to announce funding for 15 exciting new research projects, costing a total of £1.45 million.
This brings our current number of active projects to 59, with research spanning cause, cure, symptom relief and MS services. Read on.
Inequality of access to MS specialist nurses across the UK is shown by MS Trust report.
Source: MS Trust
A report published today by the MS Trust finds that 30,000 people with MS live in areas where their specialist nurses are managing twice the sustainable level. This may mean that these people are not receiving all the support that they need. Read on
OHSU is proceeding cautiously on new MS treatment using stem cells
Source Bizjournals:
Oregon Health & Science University isn’t rushing to use a new a Multiple Sclerosis therapy that uses a person’s own stem cells.
Dr. Richard Burt, chief of the division of immunotherapy at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, on Friday spoke to a group of physicians at OHSU’s Multiple Sclerosis Center about use of hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). Read on.
On Monday November 17th a Parliamentary Reception was held to share the latest results from the Risk-sharing Scheme (RSS) for MS drugs.
Source MS Trust:
As the administrator for the RSS the MS Trust has worked for the last 12 years with the five parties to the Scheme namely the Department of Health, Biogen Idec, Bayer, Merck Serono and Teva to collect ongoing clinical data from 5,610 people with MS across the UK. Read on.
Volunteers needed – Sainsbury’s Didcot
We are doing a collection at Sainsbury’s Didcot on Friday 12th December. Please let Sue know if you are able to donate an hour or two to help.
100 club winners November
100 club winners in November:
1st prize, Linda Tierney
2nd prize, Val Griggs
3rd prize, Jill Goodall
A34 Chilton to Milton Maintenance Scheme
A34 Chilton to Milton Drainage Maintenance Scheme
The Highways Agency will be carrying out essential maintenance works to the drainage system along the A34 between the A4130 Milton Interchange and A4185 Chilton Junction. This scheme aims to reduce the risk of future flooding and supports Oxfordshire County Councils proposed improvement schemes at Chilton and Milton. Work is scheduled to start in early-December 2014 and is expected to be completed by the end of May 2015. A 25 hour narrow lane running with a temporary 50mph speed limit will be in place for the duration of the scheme.
Membership Fees
From 1st January 2015 there will be an increase in membership and some recommended donation rates:
The membership year will run from 1st January to 31st December, £25 to include use of the gym
Therapy increases by £1 on all therapies apart from oxygen and yoga for MS and Carer’s with the aim of bringing the donation rate closer to the actual therapists charges.
Sue
MS Society Oxford Branch Newsletter Nov-Dec 2014
