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Following last week’s announcement that a snap General Election will be held on December 12th, the MND Association has launched its election manifesto. We’re calling on all political
A misleading Department for Work and Pensions advert has been banned following a complaint by the Motor Neurone Disease Association. The Association lodged an official complaint with the Advertising
Physical Activity in Rare Conditions (PARC) is a study being led by Professor Monica Busse (Cardiff University), Dr Gita Ramdharry and Dr Valentina Buscemi (National Hospital for Neurology &
Fifteen clinicians have signed a letter to Thérèse Coffey, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, demanding the Government deliver on the promise made by former Secretary Amber Rudd to review the
In 2018, Joe Hammond hit the headlines when he told of how, following his motor neurone disease (MND) diagnosis, he had written 33 birthday cards for his two sons Tom and Jimmy to open. Joe has now
Thank you to everyone who completed the MND Association’s Improving MND Care survey 2019. The survey is the only one of its kind specifically for people living with MND and their carers, and
There will be around 1,000 researchers from around the world at our International Symposium on ALS/MND in Perth in December. We’d like to give you the opportunity to put a question to those
Three months ago today the previous Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Secretary announced a review of how the benefits system supports those with terminal illness. Since then we have continued to
MND Engage was a one-day event, developed in collaboration with researchers from the Francis Crick Institute in London, and held at the Crick Institute in July this year. Organised by researchers from
The MND Association was established in 1979 by a group of families affected by the disease. With little information, co-ordinated care or support available they felt ‘isolated’ and