“Festive MINI” Project,

The Mini Electric is wrapped in 2,000 Christmas lights!

Nicholas “Nico” Martin, 32, a software engineer from Bracknell, Berkshire, has been wrapping his car in festive lights since 2017, and has been loaned a Mini Electric by the car manufacturer for this year’s tour.

He is hoping to raise £50,000 for the MS Trust, Duchenne UK and Alzheimer’s Society with the dazzling trip,

Now Ocrevus blocked from health service in Scotland

Hot on the heels of NICE rejecting Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) as a treatment of PPMS by the National Health Service (NHS) in England, it has been blocked as a therapy for relapsing MS in Scotland.

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) says it does not consider ocrelizumab to be cost effective for the NHS in Scotland  as a treatment for relapsing MS in comparison to the existing disease modifying…

Leading MS organisations are seeking support to gain approval for ocrelizumab (Ocrevus) to treat all primary progressive MS (PPMS). It is already approved for use against early PPMS.

Both of the UK’s MS Society and MS Trust are campaigning to get the medication approved for wider use by the country’s National Health Service (NHS). And they are seeking the support of patients, carers, and health…

It cannot be right, it really can’t! People with multiple sclerosis are facing being denied access to five previously approved disease modifying therapies (DMTs). This shocking development would affect people who are newly diagnosed or those wishing to change to a different drug.

The proposal to cut the number of treatment options comes in the form of a draft recommendation from the UK’s…

MS: Emergency hospital admissions continue to rise

Emergency hospital admissions for people with MS are rising in a major part of the UK. So says new research published by the MS Trust and Wilmington Healthcare. These admissions cause distress, and cost the NHS millions. Yet many could be avoided.

The report shows that emergency hospital admissions for people with MS in England increased by 12.7% over the two years to 2015/16.

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Sky’s the limit for daredevil Liz

Award-winning multiple sclerosis nurse Liz Watson is set to skydive from 10,000ft to raise funds for the MS Trust. But Liz is no fearless thrill-seeker – she’s actually scared of flying! “I feel like I want to give something back, while also raising awareness of MS and the work of the MS Trust,” she said. “My patients, and the many other people with MS, have inspired me in so many ways. Most…