Lancashire, Greater Manchester and South Cumbria Region

Are you paying for your treatment?

A review of policy relating to patients who choose to pay privately for drugs or treatments not funded on the NHS is being led by Professor Mike Richards, National Cancer Director at the Department of Health. Currently, some patients are required to pay privately for drugs not funded on the NHS and as a result, are required to pay for the NHS care that they would otherwise have received for free.

If you are one of these patients or simply have a view on the current system, then please get in touch by filling out the MS Society's questionnaire (51 kb) .

If you are paying for any of the following treatments not available on the NHS then please tell us about your experience before Monday 18th August 2008

Treatments either not available or only part available on the NHS for people with MS: 

• Campath
• Sativex
• Botox
• LDN
• Tysabri
• Physiotherapy
• Counselling and psychological support Other practical therapies
  
  
  

View now: A short video of Wheel & Walk Manchester

Wheel & Walk Manchester took place on the morning of Sunday 30 March. 153 participants completed the 6km route around the city centre despite the clocks having gone forward the night before and were rewarded with lovely weather.

Starting and finishing at Manchester Central, where MS Life was taking place, the route took participants around Manchester city centre and passed Albert Square, Manchester Cathedral, the Urbis Centre and many more sights.

Wheel & Walk included an appearance from former professional footballer Danny Wallace, who started the event, while MS Society Chairman, Tony Kennan, welcomed the participants.

MS in Greater Manchester

A new website from Salford Royal NHS Trust provides information about services for people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) in Greater Manchester.

The site also lists courses for NHS professionals and highlights MS research in Manchester.

MS Society and MS National Therapy Centres

A significant meeting took place last week (30th July) between trustees and officers of the MS Society and of MS National Therapy Centres to explore ways of working together more closely in the future.

Free Website for your branch!

Interested in a website for your branch? You can get a professional looking website for free thanks to templates and web hosting provided by the web team at MS National Centre. You do not need to be a computer whiz, just able to write interesting pages of news and information relevant to your branch. Read more here How To ... Set up a branch website (101 kb)  
or email Eloise Jones at the MS Society web team.

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