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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" title="XSL_formatting" href="http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/rss/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[MS Trust Stop Press]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://2008.mstrust.org.uk]]></link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><language><![CDATA[en-us]]></language><lastBuildDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 17:01:01 +0100]]></lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Multiple Sclerosis Trust, Spirella Building, Letchworth Garden City, Herts SG6 4ET]]></copyright><docs><![CDATA[http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss]]></docs><generator><![CDATA[www.idnet.net]]></generator><ttl><![CDATA[60]]></ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Cavendish review of Care and Healthcare assistants &#150; what we said]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/cavendish-review-of-care-and-healthcare-assistants-what-we-said/]]></link><description><![CDATA[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. 
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/cavendish-review-of-care-and-healthcare-assistants-what-we-said/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kayaker with MS completes Land's End to John O'Groats]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glyn Brackenbury, who has MS, spent just over a month kayaking from Land's End to John O'Groats to raise funds for the MS Trust. He reached the end of his journey safely in John O'Groats yesterday (20 May).
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5845]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS physiotherapy provision is not meeting the needs of people with MS]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5846]]></link><description><![CDATA[A recently published study carried out an in-depth analysis of the views of people with MS on physiotherapy services.  The researchers evaluated comments made on physiotherapy provision from the 2008 MS Trust/Royal College of Physicians audit of MS services in England and Wales. 
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5846]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good luck to our team of super heroes!]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good Luck to our team of 38 super heroes who will be running 5k or 10k on Sunday in London's Regents Park, in aid of the MS Trust.


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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5842]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A brush with fate: why Brian Palmer is contributing to the MS Trust's Secret Art Show]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/guest-blog-from-brian-palmer-secret-artshow-artist/]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate tapped me on the shoulder in a room at the National Gallery in London's Trafalgar Square.
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/guest-blog-from-brian-palmer-secret-artshow-artist/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: How the MS Trust is working to safeguard the future of MS nurses - and why we need your help]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/how-the-ms-trust-is-working-to-safeguard-the-future-of-ms-nurses/]]></link><description><![CDATA[This year the MS Trust is raising funds to safeguard the future of MS nurses. We want to make the tools developed in our GEMSS project, helping MS services demonstrate their impact, available to all nurses. But we need your help.
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 2 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/how-the-ms-trust-is-working-to-safeguard-the-future-of-ms-nurses/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Super Nurse 2013: the winners!]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5821]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voting has closed, the nominations have been counted and we're now ready to announce the winners of our 'My Super Nurse' award 2013.
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 1 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5821]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disparities across the UK in access to MS services]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5817]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new report published this week to coincide with <a href="/msawareness/"><strong>MS Awareness Week</strong></a> has once again highlighted the major disparities that people with MS face across the UK when it comes to accessing services.
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5817]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Being Bold in Blue for MS Awareness Week]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/being-bold-in-blue-for-ms-awareness-week/]]></link><description><![CDATA[This MS Awareness Week, we are encouraging our supporters to Be Bold in Blue to help us raise awareness and vital funds. What are you doing to Be Bold in Blue this week? Please let us know and send in your photos so that we can share them at the end of the week.
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/being-bold-in-blue-for-ms-awareness-week/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to MS Awareness Week 2013!]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today marks the official start of this year's MS Awareness Week. However for the small team here at the MS Trust, and for many of our supporters, preparations have been going on for quite some time. 
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5813]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jackie and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen kick off MS Awareness Week on ITV]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/jackie-and-laurence-llewelyn-bowen-kick-off-ms-awareness-week-on-itv/]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're very grateful to our patrons Jackie and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen who appeared on ITV's Lorraine show this morning, talking about MS Awareness Week. 
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/jackie-and-laurence-llewelyn-bowen-kick-off-ms-awareness-week-on-itv/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[London Marathon 2014 ballot opens on Monday 29 April]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5810]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you would like to run the 2014 London Marathon to support people with multiple sclerosis, don't forget to <a href="http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com" title="Visit the Virgin London Marathon website">enter the public ballot</a> for a place when it opens on Monday. You can also apply for a Gold Bond charity place with the MS Trust.  
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5810]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PML reported with psoriasis drug similar to BG-12]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Four cases of PML (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy) have been found in people taking a drug similar to BG-12, a new treatment for MS.
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5811]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank you to our London Marathon runners]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5802]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd like to say a big thank you and well done to everyone who took part in the London Marathon yesterday in support of the MS Trust. 
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5802]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Fiona Mullan is our latest Super Nurse nominee]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/were-so-lucky-to-have-such-a-wonderful-nurse/]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's Super Nurse is Fiona Mullan. In 2003 Fiona was appointed MS Nurse Specialist at the Western Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland, becoming the first MS nurse in Northern Ireland outside of Belfast. 
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/were-so-lucky-to-have-such-a-wonderful-nurse/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Jayne Roberts on being nominated as a Super Nurse]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/its-the-best-job-ive-ever-had-no-question-the-hardest-job-but-the-best-job/]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our latest Super Nurse nominee is Jayne Roberts, MS specialist nurse at Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. 
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/its-the-best-job-ive-ever-had-no-question-the-hardest-job-but-the-best-job/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Margaret Topping on being nominated as a Super Nurse]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/a-truly-remarkable-lady/]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the lead up to MS Awareness Week 2013, which runs from 29 April&#150;2 May, we're  focusing on some of the people who are contenders to become this year's MS Super Nurse.
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/a-truly-remarkable-lady/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MS Trust funds research into the transition to secondary progressive MS]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5785]]></link><description><![CDATA[The MS Trust is putting out a call for research proposals that will examine people's experiences of the change to secondary progressive MS.
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5785]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tingling, crawling, burning or prickling in the skin. What IS going on here?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/?p=1351]]></link><description><![CDATA[People with MS often experience strange sensations in the skin. They can be really hard to describe and feel downright weird.
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5779]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Pauline Shaw on being nominated as a Super Nurse]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/its-a-privilege-to-be-part-of-peoples-journey/]]></link><description><![CDATA[With just over a month to go before MS Awareness Week (29 April-2 May) our Super Nurse campaign is hotting up. We've been blown away by the response. <a href="http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/its-a-privilege-to-be-part-of-peoples-journey/"><h3>Read the full article</h3></a>
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5763]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Specialist nurses and Quality Standards ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/?p=1259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Specialist nurses are continually under threat in MS. Ensuring that everyone with MS has access to an MS is one of the core principles of the MS Trust.
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/?p=1259]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review published on cognitive symptoms - how MS can affect memory, concentration and attention span]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5732]]></link><description><![CDATA[About half of people with MS have cognitive difficulties at some time. 
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 7 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5732]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High levels of salt in the diet may be a factor in causing MS]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Studies in laboratory models suggest that salt may be a contributory factor to the onset of MS and other autoimmune conditions.
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 7 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5733]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our brains matter]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5727]]></link><description><![CDATA[11-17 March is Brain Awareness Week. 
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 6 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5727]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Describing fatigue to others]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/?p=1185]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is it like to have fatigue (it is really awful) and how can we explain fatigue to others who have never experienced it? (almost impossible)
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/?p=1185]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Super Nurse nominee to pedal to Paris]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/super-nurse-nominee-to-pedal-to-paris/]]></link><description><![CDATA[An MS Nurse from Sheffield who is in training for a sponsored cycle from London to Paris, has been nominated for our Super Nurse Award. This award recognises nurses who make a real difference for people with multiple sclerosis. 
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/super-nurse-nominee-to-pedal-to-paris/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spy Catcher frontman releases charity single in tribute to his father]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steve Sears, vocalist and guitarist from the Watford-based rock band Spy Catcher has released a charity single in tribute to his father who had multiple sclerosis. 
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5705]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over &#163;300,000 raised last year by our runners]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5666]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 2012, 555 of our supporters took part in sponsored runs and collectively raised &#163;308,186 for the MS Trust. This is enough to cover the cost of all the <a href="/publications">publications</a> we sent out last year to people with MS and health professionals. Thank you to all our runners, your hard work really does make a difference! 


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