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Action for MS

Action for MS outlines the specific areas in which we are currently involved to improve the services that people with multiple sclerosis receive from health services.

Action for MS showcases how the MS Trust works to improve access to specialist services, including disease modifying drugs and symptomatic treatments and therapies. We want everyone to have real choice in health services. As a small organisation, we work with other organisations to ensure that the voices of people with MS are heard.

Latest from Alice Hamilton, Policy Officer - Action for MS

Cavendish review of Care and Healthcare assistants – what we said

22nd May 2013 by alice.hamilton

Healthcare and care assistants can be the most important people in providing basic care at home or in hospital, such as help with eating, drinking, toileting, washing and dressing. The government launched a review, headed up by Camilla Cavendish, into how healthcare and care assistants should be trained, and whether they should be formally regulated, the way that doctors and nurses are. You can read what we said here: No date has been set for the Review to publish findings.

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What we said: NICE appraisals of BG-12 and Teriflunomide

2nd May 2013 by alice.hamilton

NICE is appraising BG-12 and teriflunomide as possible treatment options for relapsing/remitting MS. The appraisal process is in its early stages. We responded to the draft scopes for both drug treatments. A big concern was that NICE included a comparator of ‘best supportive care’, which was not defined and which we felt was unfair. You can read what we said here: We are delighted that the Final Scope for both BG-12 and teriflunomide contains no mention at all of ‘best supportive care’.

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