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£180,000 grant to open new MND Care Centre in London
06 May 2008
The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association is delighted to announce that it is providing a grant of £180,000 to Barts and the London NHS Trust in order to set up an MND Care Centre in partnership with Basildon University Hospital and Queen’s Hospital, Romford.
MND is a disease of high need and leaves people unable to walk, talk or feed themselves. Its often rapid progression and wide range of symptoms necessitates a proactive and multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.
The new MND Care Centre will offer a multi-disciplinary approach to help speed up diagnosis, improve access to appropriate and timely care and support to people with MND and their carers, and will monitor symptoms such as respiratory and nutritional function. Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and dietetics, as well as access to palliative expertise, will also be offered.
Debra Garside, Head of the Care Centre Programme at the MND Association said: “People with MND have very complex requirements and need to be in touch with lots of different healthcare professionals. The MND Care Centre will offer a more joined-up approach to their care. People with MND will be able to visit a clinic and see all the different healthcare professionals under one roof.
“The grant includes provision for an MND Care Centre Co-ordinator who will be the main point of contact for people with MND, carers and healthcare professionals. It is this co-ordination that makes such a difference to the quality of life for people with MND who are learning to live with this devastating disease.”
MND is a disease of high need and leaves people unable to walk, talk or feed themselves. Its often rapid progression and wide range of symptoms necessitates a proactive and multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.
The new MND Care Centre will offer a multi-disciplinary approach to help speed up diagnosis, improve access to appropriate and timely care and support to people with MND and their carers, and will monitor symptoms such as respiratory and nutritional function. Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and dietetics, as well as access to palliative expertise, will also be offered.
Debra Garside, Head of the Care Centre Programme at the MND Association said: “People with MND have very complex requirements and need to be in touch with lots of different healthcare professionals. The MND Care Centre will offer a more joined-up approach to their care. People with MND will be able to visit a clinic and see all the different healthcare professionals under one roof.
“The grant includes provision for an MND Care Centre Co-ordinator who will be the main point of contact for people with MND, carers and healthcare professionals. It is this co-ordination that makes such a difference to the quality of life for people with MND who are learning to live with this devastating disease.”
