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.
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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… Read more »
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.
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.
The disability benefit Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) has featured heavily in the news
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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!
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… Read more »
