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Meeting with Prime Minister postponed
25 July 2007
The Prime Minister was forced to postpone the meeting scheduled to take place today with the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association following the extensive flooding in central and western England. A re-scheduled meeting will be arranged soon and is expected to take place some time in September.
Despite this setback the MND Association is still very excited at the prospect of meeting the Prime Minister. Gordon Brown agreed to the meeting following a request made by Lembit Öpik MP during Prime Minister’s Questions.
Lembit and the Association have been campaigning to raise £15m for research towards a cure. The Association has already raised a substantial sum, but is determined to put the case for Government matched funding to ensure sufficient money is available to do the research needed to uncover the secrets of the disease. The forthcoming meeting with Gordon Brown will be a very important one in determining the future for MND research.
The MND Association looks forward to meeting in September when they will be putting the case for matched Government funding for MND research to Gordon Brown. The Association hopes Gordon Brown will endorse this vital initiative and help end this cruel and fatal condition for good.
Despite this setback the MND Association is still very excited at the prospect of meeting the Prime Minister. Gordon Brown agreed to the meeting following a request made by Lembit Öpik MP during Prime Minister’s Questions.
Lembit and the Association have been campaigning to raise £15m for research towards a cure. The Association has already raised a substantial sum, but is determined to put the case for Government matched funding to ensure sufficient money is available to do the research needed to uncover the secrets of the disease. The forthcoming meeting with Gordon Brown will be a very important one in determining the future for MND research.
The MND Association looks forward to meeting in September when they will be putting the case for matched Government funding for MND research to Gordon Brown. The Association hopes Gordon Brown will endorse this vital initiative and help end this cruel and fatal condition for good.
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Notes to editors
Motor neurone disease is a rapidly progressing disease of the brain and spinal cord. MND leaves people locked in a failing body, unable to move, walk or talk. It is fatal. There is no effective diagnostic test. There is no effective treatment and there is currently no cure. Half of people with MND die within 14 months of diagnosis. Five people a day die from the disease in the UK and MND kills 100,000 people throughout the world every year.
The MND Association’s Research Foundation is committed to raising the funds needed to support national and international research efforts to end MND.
Funds raised by the Research Foundation will drive science forward, so that a cure can be found and MND will be beaten. Until that day comes, the Research Foundation is equally committed to funding research that improves the lives of people living with MND.
The MND Association’s Research Foundation is committed to raising the funds needed to support national and international research efforts to end MND.
Funds raised by the Research Foundation will drive science forward, so that a cure can be found and MND will be beaten. Until that day comes, the Research Foundation is equally committed to funding research that improves the lives of people living with MND.
