Promising results for stem cell therapy in MS

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Source News-medical.net:Preliminary findings suggest that nonmyeloablative haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) may arrest, or even reverse, the progress of disease among patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). Read on.

Delays and disarray shatter lives of new disability claimants

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Source The Guardian:



Mark Harper, the minister for disabled people, appeared in front of the work and pensions select committee on Wednesday 28th January to defend the government’s troubled record on implementation of the new disability benefit, the personal independence payment (PIP).  Read on.

Happy New Year

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 Happy New Year from Sue, The Committee and the Therapists,
Please note that Membership for the current year is now due and is £25 and there is also a slight increase in recommended donations on therapies apart from oxygen, please see noticeboard.
An update on Mark Walker:  As some of you are aware Mark was taken ill in early December and spent 3 weeks in the J.R having had 2 operations. He is now recovering well at the Oxford Centre for Enablement.  If anyone would like to visit him, visiting times are 1-4pm.  If you would like any more details please speak to Sue direct.