Raising the Bar for MS 2020 – register now!
We’re counting down to Raising the Bar 2020 – just two weeks away now! The packed virtual programme will help us to reflect on the past, assess the present, and be inspired to change the future. With the coronavirus pandemic affecting our healthcare system, impacting the way we treat people already living with MS at […]
Registers are raising the bar: past, present… Future
Past: To better make sense of people’s experiences with MS so that we can best support them in their lives, we need better information. This was highlighted by numerous speakers at the earliest ‘Raising the Bar for MS’ event. The UK MS Register, was commissioned by MS Society and launched in 2011. Present: The Register […]
More real people doing real things to make a difference to those with MS
Raising the bar for MS: Past, present… Future It’s two weeks until the deadline for poster submissions for Raising the Bar 2020 and we need to hear your stories of how you have adapted or updated local services to support people during this last year. So many ways of working have had to change, and […]
The healthy lifestyle workstream is raising the bar: past, present… Future
Dr Agne Straukiene, consultant neurologist and lead for the healthy lifestyle workstream, gave us a quick soundbite of what her team has accomplished so far, and where they are headed in the future. Past: They have surveyed healthcare professionals to understand the current focus on healthy lifestyle practices and advice in clinics. There have been […]
Announcing our programme – ‘Raising the Bar for MS: Past, present… Future.’
The programme you’ve all been waiting for is finally here! This year, Raising the Bar for MS is focussing on looking back at where we’ve been, taking stock of our present circumstances and what we have learned in the past 6 months, and collectively reimagining a future which best meets the changing needs of those […]
Social determinants of health – an audit
This audit has come about as part of the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) workstream, part of the national programme to ‘raise the bar for MS‘. SDoH questionnaire There have been delays in launching the survey due to the coronavirus pandemic, but now, workstream lead Professor Gavin Giovannoni introduces the audit and asks for your […]
Disease-modifying Lifestyle ‘virtual clinic’: what it is and how to use it
Offering a ‘healthy lifestyle’ clinic to people living with MS, and other long term conditions, can be a brilliant way to support people in making informed lifestyle changes that can have a positive impact on their condition. Dr Agne Straukiene, consultant neurologist and MS specialist, and Dr Colin Bannon, a retired GP and honorary doctor […]
Real people doing real things to make a difference to those with MS – Raising the bar for MS: Past, present… Future.
Healthcare professionals are often making little changes to services locally to try and improve outcomes for, or experiences of, the people with MS that they serve. This has never been truer than during the past several months, as the coronavirus pandemic has monumentally shifted our healthcare system, our society, and the basic ways we have […]
Raising the bar 2020 poster session
We know how important sharing good practice is, and we want to help spread your examples of brilliant care as far and wide as possible. We also know how little time you all have – right now more than ever. Because of that, this year’s poster session will be a little different. We need you […]
Raising the Bar for MS 2020 goes fully virtual
Our annual conference to discuss and share all things focussed on raising the bar for MS – for people living with MS and the professionals and services supporting them – will be fully virtual this year. The five year initiative to improve the experiences of those living with MS, and the professionals supporting them, thus […]