High-powered MRI scanners at the University of Nottingham are to be used to research the impact of Multiple Sclerosis on the brain. For more click here.
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Licence application for teriflunomide filed in Europe
Source MS Trust:
Genzyme, the manufacturer of the disease modifying drug, teriflunomide (Aubagio), has submitted an application to the European Medicines Agency for a licence for relapsing remitting MS. For more click here.
Genzyme, the manufacturer of the disease modifying drug, teriflunomide (Aubagio), has submitted an application to the European Medicines Agency for a licence for relapsing remitting MS. For more click here.
Neurological Alliance response to NHS changes
In January 2011, the Health and Social Care Bill was introduced in Parliament. Since then, the Neurological Alliance’s main concern has been that insufficient attention has been paid to how services for people with less common conditions will be effectively commissioned in a more localised NHS. As such, the new structures outlined in Bill run the risk of reduce the quality and availability of care for these individuals. For more click here.
New owner for Helen Ley respite centre
A Warwickshire care centre has been
saved after a new owner was found.
The Helen Ley centre in Leamington Spa, which provides respite care for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), was due to close at the end of January. For more click here.
Cognitive Rehabilitation
Results from a small study show that tasks to help with attention span and planning improved cognitive performance and led to measurable differences in brain function.
Cognition - symptoms relating to thinking, such as memory, attention span or concentration - affect about half of all people with multiple sclerosis to some degree. For more click here.
DOUBLE YOUR MONEY!
If you have any questions please call Jackie at the Centre on 0118901600 or email jackie@bmstc.org
Thursday, 23 February 2012
The Health and Social Care Bill explained
The Department of Health has updated its factsheets
The Health and Social Care Bill is in the news almost every day as it is making its way through parliament. Broad changes are proposed for the way that the NHS operates and the way that social care is provided. For more click here.
Congratulations to Briston MS Therapy Centre!
A £1.13m centre offering therapy to
Multiple Sclerosis sufferers has opened near Bristol.
The charity behind the centre in Bradley Stoke has moved there from Nailsea where it has provided therapy for 25 years. For more click here.
New Therapies - what's around the corner in 2012?
Here’s the second in our vid series from the 3rd Barts and the London MS Research Day. Dr Ben Turner rather marvellously rounds up the treatments we can hope to see coming out in the next few years. For more click here.
Monday, 20 February 2012
Contracts exchanged on sale of Brambles Respite Care Centre
Contracts have been exchanged to transfer Brambles Respite Care Centre in Surrey from our ownership to new providers MS Respite & Care Services Ltd - securing its future as a respite centre for people with MS. For more click here.
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Trouser Press for Sale - All proceeds to BMTSC!
For Sale
Trouser
press - colour mahogany
Used once
Original
price £200
£100 ONO
All
proceeds will be donated to the BMSC
Contact
Alison on 0118 9420005 or 07545570571
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Problems with balance and coordination?
Most
people with MS can probably answer YES
to this.
Have you heard of Nordic Walking?
What is Nordic Walking?
Nordic Walking is an enhancement of ordinary walking using poles similar looking to skiing poles.
Have you heard of Nordic Walking?
Maybe….
Maybe not
What is Nordic Walking?
Nordic Walking is an enhancement of ordinary walking using poles similar looking to skiing poles.
Physiotherapists
in Scandinavia highly recommend this type of
activity to a number of people including people with neurological conditions.
By
using poles, the walker uses the upper body muscles as well as the legs and the
poles help to propel the walker along.
Other
advantages of walking with poles worth mentioning are increased heart rate,
oxygen uptake and calorie expenditure, reduced pressure on joints, ability to
walk more upright, increased safety and support. The activity is less strenuous
than the actual level of physical exertion. The combination of exercise and
nature may create positive impact on mood. Last but not least there is a social
element to Nordic Walking.
A
typical lesson will start with warm up exercises using the poles, then the
actual walk and finish with some stretching exercises. The activity is easily
adapted to the level of fitness of the user. You can actually run with the
poles.
We
are thinking of setting a class up at the MS Therapy Centre in the
spring/summer based possibly in Prospect
Park
If
you are interested in joining a Nordic Walking group, please contact Henrietta@bmstc.org or 0118 901 6000
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Tysabri to trialled for secondary progressive MS
Failure to address mental health problems in people with long-term conditions costs NHS billions
A recent report from the Kings Fund and Centre for Mental Health has highlighted the importance of recognising and treating mental health problems in people with long-term conditions. The report calls for better integration between services for physical and mental health problems. Read more here.
Social care in crisis - help lobby for change
A report published by a cross-party group of influential MPs has today found that people who rely on social care in England are being let down by fragmented and under-funded services. Read more here.
Teenagers with MS
A good relationship with parents is important for emotional well being.
MS is usually diagnosed in people aged 20 to 40 but it can occur in teenagers. Read more here.
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Gowrings Mobility Roadshow 2012 - 28th Feb to ast March at Portsmouth.
Join us as the Gowrings Mobility Roadshow 2012 visits another interesting and exciting, accessible attraction.
Explosion! The Museum of Naval Firepower10am-4pm, Tuesday 28th Feb, Wednesday 29th Feb and Thursday 1st March 2012
Escape the winter blues at a special event organised for us, offering free entrance to one of the Historic Dockyard's most enthralling attractions. Come and see us at Explosion.
FREE Parking and FREE entry* for disabled visitors and their carers.
Come and meet the Gowrings Mobility events team next to the Grand Magazine and a selection of local charities based in the café that has a view across the waterfront to the Spinaker Tower. For more click here.
MS Life 2012 - Manchester 14th and 15th April 2012
The
MS Society has announced that Manchester is to
host its flagship national event, MS Life - Europe ’s
largest event of its kind – for the third time when it returns to the city from
14th-15th April.
The
free two-day lifestyle event will take place at Manchester Central and is aimed at everyone affected by multiple sclerosis
(MS), whether personally or professionally. Find out more click here!
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
MS Information Day places filling fast!
MS Information Day 30th March 2012 at the Hilton Hotel, Drake Way, Reading. Places are filling quickly. Booking essential, closing date for registation 10th March.
"MS Specialists, Therapists and Nurses from Berkshire would like to invite you to an information day to be held on 30th March 2012 at the Hilton Hotel, Drake Way, Reading, RG2 0GQ.
This first information day is for people affected by MS within Berkshire has been organised in collaboration with Dr. Faraz Jeddi, Consultant Physicians in Neurorehabilitation and Neurodisability."
For more information click here.
Had enough of snow?!!
Source Disability Holidays Guide:
Villa Costa Blanca is a specially designed villa which is situated on the outskirts of Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, and is fully accessible to wheelchair users, the elderly and anyone with mobility difficulties.
If you would like a holiday where the winters are warm and the summers are hot and VERY LITTLE RAIN, then you will love it here! For more click here:
Let's Talk Health Questionnaire
Source Reading Borough Council:
Let's Talk Health Questionnaire - have your say click here to complete survey.
MS doesn't mean....not getting to the bar
MS doesn’t mean giving up on your ambitions, just rethinking how to achieve them. This wasn’t always my attitude—when I was first diagnosed in 2008, at age 23, I felt as though I had to completely reassess my entire life. Read more here.
Access to fampridine which can help walking for some people with MS
Fampridine is licensed for adult patients with MS who have a walking disability (defined as scoring 4-7 on the Expanded Disability Status Scale) and can only be prescribed by a specialist doctor experienced in the management of MS. The Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is a widely used measure of neurological disability.
For more click here.
Monday, 6 February 2012
Unity Lottery
Do you want to play a lottery
game which would give you a chance to contribute to our Centre and a 1 in 63
chance of winning a prize? Prices range from £5.00 to £25,000.
I am trying to gauge if there
would be enough interest in starting this at the MS Centre. The lottery tickets
are £1.00 each and we receive a percentage for every ticket purchased. You can pay
by direct debit, credit card or cheque .We would have to pay a start off cost,
and to recoup this and make it viable we would need around 100 regular players.
If you might be interested
please email kirsten@bmstc.org or call Kirsten on 0118 901 6000. Thanks :0)
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