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.
October 100 club winners:
October 100 club winners:
1st prize, £30 Adrian Day
2nd prize, £18 Geoff Fewings
3rd prize, £12 Gladys Marr
If you would like to join our 100 club, please speak to Sue or Reception.
Quiz Night Money Raised
Thanks to those that came/supported the quiz night on 24th October. We had 13 teams and a great night. We raised £878.03.
ILC Open Day – Wed 3 Dec 2014
The Independent Living Centre is holding another Open Day, this time on the theme of Assistive Technology.
We hope to have a range of suppliers coming with aids such as pendant alarms, medication reminders, key safes etc.
Local organisations such as Carers Oxfordshire, dementia information services, the Sleep Apnoea Trust will also be coming.
The event will be on Wednessday 3 December (10am to 3pm) at Peachcroft Christian Centre, Lindsay Drive, Abingdon. OX14 2RT
All are welcome to our open days. Just drop in. Refreshments available.
Thousands with degenerative conditions classified as “fit to work in future”
Source Independent:
More than a third of people with degenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis are having their benefits slashed because the Department for Work and Pensions deems they will recover enough to look for work. Read on.
What MS research are scientists doing right now?
Source MS Society:
What MS research are scientists doing right now? What goes on at the MS Society Tissue Bank? We report from a ‘Meet the Neuroscientist’ event at Imperial College London – read it here!
Virtual bike ride
You can now sponsor our LandsEnd to John o’Groats virtual cycle team online at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/omstc
Raffle Tickets
Raffle tickets are on sale now at reception or from Sue, £1 a ticket.
The draw will take place at the quiz night on Friday 24th October.
Here are some of the great prizes to be won:-
• Hamper from Clearwater Hampers • Meal for 2 and bottle of wine at Wildwood Kitchen, Didcot • Family Swim, Didcot Wave • Cotswold Wildlife Park tickets • 1 month membership, Park Club • £5 Millets Farm voucher • Champagne • Potted Plant from Savages, Blewbury • Plus lots more………..
MS Society responds to new NICE clinical guidelines on MS
Two MS treatments that relieve MS symptoms have been rejected by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), in its new national clinical guideline for multiple sclerosis, published on the 8th October 2014.
The guideline, which sets out how the NHS should manage the treatment of people with MS, is the first to be published in over a decade. Read more.
Guardian’s health editor discusses NICE guidelines on drugs and clinical care
Source Guardian:
With Nice announcing its latest guidelines on drugs and clinical care, the Guardian’s health editor is joined by an expert panel to discuss the implications for those who suffer from MS.
Sarah is joined in studio by Professor Mark Baker, d…irector of the centre for clinical practice at Nice, Dr Paul Cooper, chair of the MS guidelines committee, Dr Nick Rijke, executive director of policy and research at the MS Society, and Amy Bowen, director of service development at the MS Trust. Listen here!
