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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 MS receive from health services.

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.

  • 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.

    Read the full policy...

  • 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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