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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
The Labour Party has announced its intentions to scrap Universal Credit, the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) flagship welfare reform policy. Universal Credit is a new benefits system which
People living with MND are becoming trapped in inaccessible homes due to a failure to deliver essential home adaptations, according to our new report. Terminally ill people are living for months, and
Every year, the feeling that the International Symposium on ALS/MND is ever so slightly closer comes when the Paulo Gontijo Award winner is announced. We were therefore delighted to hear that the 11th
The MND Association has had two publications highly commended at the BMA Patient Information Awards 2019. The Association’s guide for care workers Caring for a person with motor neurone disease
An exclusive virtual reality tour of a laboratory is being used to demonstrate the impact that gifts in wills have on funding research into motor neurone disease. The 360 degree film gives the public
A survey has been launched by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) to start to identify the top 10 research priorities for occupational therapy in the UK. RCOT are looking for questions