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MS Nurses

MS Nurses are specialist professionals who 'make a significant impact on the health of people with MS'. They give support, information and advice on symptom management and can make referrals to agencies who can help with claiming benefits and to appropriate health & social care professionals.

To access the services of any of Wales 9.5 nurses you will need to be registered with a neurologist covering that particular area.
North Wales

Based at Colwyn Bay Community Hospital, North Wales' only MS nurse is employed by the Walton Centre, Liverpool.  Contact 01745 443022

  • Andy Jones



Mid-Wales (Montgomeryshire only)

Based at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, the nurses are present at a weekly clinic in Shrewsbury and twice weekly clinics in Telford and make home visits within the Montgomeryshire area only. Contact 01902 721530 (Kate - answerphone) or 07974 930541 (Denise)

  • Kate Watkiss   
  • Denise Cooper



South East Wales

There are four MS nurses based at the University Hopsital of Wales in Cardiff.  Contact 029 20 745018.

  • Gail Clayton
  • Jackie Smee (covering Vale of Glamorgan & West Cardiff)
  • Gaynor Williams (covering Rhondda Cynon Taff)
  • Rhiannon Jones (covering North Cardiff & some CF83 postcodes)

There are also two MS nurses based at the Royal Gwent Hopsital in Newport covering the whole of the Gwent area.  Contact 01633 656142.

  • Deborah Lewis
  • Emma Williams



South West Wales

There are 2.5 MS nurses based  at Morriston Hospital in Swansea covering the area from Cowbridge to Aberystwyth and down to Pembrokeshire.  Contact 01792 702222 ext 4452.

  • Helen Owen
  • Sue Mullock
  • Wendy Hunt (part-time)




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 MS Nurse Fund Programme
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 MS Nurse Fund Programme Evaluation
The first three-year phase of the programme began in 1999 and has been the subject of an in-depth and rigorous evaluation by King's College London.




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