Action for MS
Action for MS outlines the specific areas in which we are currently involved to improve the services that people with MS receive from health services.
Action for MS: our five themes
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Third national survey of MS services (2011)
Services that people with multiple sclerosis depend upon from the NHS have shown little or no improvement in the last five years.
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Risk sharing scheme
The Multiple Sclerosis Risk-sharing Scheme was set up in 2002 to ensure that people with MS could access MS treatments.
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Continence services
Bladder and bowel symptoms are unfortunately only too common in MS. The MS Trust has always recognised how significantly disabling and distressing these symptoms are.
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MS Trust action for MS blog
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Integrated care - Have your say
'Integrated care' is the new buzzword across the UK. Opinions about what it means vary.
The MS Trust believes that people with MS should:
- Have access to high quality services to enable them to maintain as active a lifestyle as possible
- Have access to trained health care professionals including MS specialist neurologists, nurses, and therapists
- Be equal partners with the professionals in making choices about their care
- Have the information to help make the right choices for them
- Have access to joined up services - health and social care
Government policy
The Policy section of this website aims to give a broad outline of developments and proposed changes in government policy across the UK, as they become known. This section is intended to explain why services may be developing in particular ways in particular areas. As the NHS operates differently within the separate nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland this section of the website shows government policy for the health service of each nation.
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Latest Government policy update
- Country: England
- Topic: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts - Report into Services for people with neurological conditions
- Update published: March 2012
This report looks at the failure of the NHS in England to deliver the National Service Framework for Long-term Conditions and makes a number of recommendations for current and future NHS development. They recommend that the National Audit Office reports back on progress in 2014.
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Government policy, what's it all about?
What's a priority to the Department of Health
I was thinking about that this week because in England the Department of Health published its corporate plan. It sets out the working priorities for the DH until April 2013. Full of corporate speak as you might suppose, it's interesting as much for what's omitted as for what's included...
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England
Latest policy-
House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts - Report into Services for people with neurological conditions. This report looks at the failure of the NHS in England to deliver the National Service Framework for Long-term Conditions
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Scotland
Latest policy-
Self-Directed Support Bill published in Scotland - 01 March 2012
The Social Care (Self-Directed Support) (Scotland) Bill was published on 01 March 2012.
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Wales
Latest policy'Together for Health': February 2012
Together for Health is the five year vision for the NHS in Wales. Based around community services, rather than acute services, it emphasises patient-centred care.
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Northern Ireland
Latest policyLiving with long term conditions: a policy framework - April 2012
A new policy framework for managing long-term conditions is set against the proposed healthcare reforms set out in Transforming your care.
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