MS Trust Annual Conference Chesford Grange, Kenilworth, Warwickshire 9 – 11 November 2014 The MS Trust Annual Conference, the flagship event for health and care professionals working with people with MS, runs from 9–11 November at Chesford Grange, Kenilworth. The programme is varied, current and aims to offer something for everyone. We are looking forward… Read more »
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A very useful disability factsheet
Source Disability Rights: This is an interactive factsheet designed to give you an idea of the help you can get. It includes links to information on benefits, tax credits, housing grants, independent living, education and other help, including help provided by your council/local authority. Select the situation which applies to you (you may fit into… Read more »
Experimental new personal health and social care budget planned in England
Source MS Trust: The Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC) programme will create individualised budgets for people with long term conditions, who will be able to direct how and where the money is spent. Funding for the individualised budgets will come from NHS England, Clinical Commissioning Groups and local authorities. Access to GPs and hospital care would… Read more »
MS pill Tecfidera available on NHS in England and Wales
Source MS Society: The new MS pill Tecfidera (also known as dimethyl fumarate) has received the final stamp of approval from NICE, and should now be freely available on the NHS in England and Wales to people with active relapsing remitting MS. Read on.
New drug developed by scientists in Oxford and Cambridge has been sanctioned for use by NICE
A new drug developed by scientists in Oxford and Cambridge has been sanctioned for use by NICE. Alemtuzemab (or Lemtrada) is said to be a “real step forward” for those in the early stages of MS.
Raconteur MS Article Times 10 June 2014
Interesting articles from The Times read more
Can you take part in the anonymous LDN 2014 survey?
Please go to http://fluidsurveys.com/s/LDN2014/ once you have completed the survey please can you send the link to everyone you know who takes LDN? Read more
A new documentary about living with Multiple Sclerosis
When I Walk: A Documentary Premiering On PBS Is An Honest Look At Life With MS – An Empowered Spirit The documentary “When I Walk” by filmmaker Jason DaSilva will premiere on PBS on Monday, June 23, 2014 read more
Research Day Talk The Charcot Project
A blog from for people with MS and their families from Multiple Sclerosis Research read more
ILC and Carers Oxfordshire Open Day : Wed 11 June
ILC and Carers Oxfordshire Open Day in June will be held in Banbury due to requests to hold Open Days in different parts of the County. They are working in partnership with Carers Oxfordshire for this open day. Theme: “Holidays, Leisure and Innovations”. Date: Wednesday, 11 June from 10 am to 3 pm Venue: Woodgreen Leisure Centre,… Read more »
