Webinar: COVID-19 MS update: evidence at last
Please note that all session and slide content are the views of the Speakers, not the MS Academy. The content of the recording is the speaker’s personal opinion at the time of recording. Due to the everchanging situation, advice given at the time of recording is subject to change. CPD acceditation This webinar has been approved […]
MS Trust – upcoming events
Trustee Panel Discussion: The impact of Covid-19 on MS health care servicesWednesday 28th October, 7-8pmOnline via Zoom We are inviting you and other Health Professionals to a panel discussion on the impact of Covid-19 on MS health care services, featuring three Trustees of the MS Trust. Buy your ticket here Christine Singleton is a Clinical Specialist Physio […]
Last call for posters!
“Innovation comes only from readily and seamlessly sharing information rather than hoarding it.” ~ Tom Peters Last call for posters for Raising the Bar for MS – so please ‘readily and seamlessly’ share your information! We have extended the deadline date from today to Tuesday, 27 October to help you get in your submissions. If […]
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 […]
Interested in MS/Demyelination? Want a senior MS clinician/researcher as a mentor?
Then please let us know! In partnership with the UK MS Society, Ruth Dobson and Tom Williams are putting together a network of mentors/mentees to help support those interested in the demyelination sub-speciality. This is aimed at trainee clinicians at any level, and will try to match you with someone with the relevant experience. We […]
The social determinants of health workstream is raising the bar: past, present… future
Professor Gavin Giovannoni, consultant neurologist, chair of the Raising the Bar steering committee and co-lead for the social determinants of health (SDoH) workstream, gave us a quick soundbite of what his team has accomplished so far, and where they are headed in the future. Past: Social determinants of health refers to the conditions in which […]
MS Brain Health Initiative: assessing the global impact
MS Academy is pleased to support a survey aiming to assess the global impact of the MS Brain Health initiative. This body of work incorporates the report Brain health: time matters in multiple sclerosis,1 the consensus guidelines on MS care2 and associated resources for healthcare professionals and for people with MS. Many of you will be aware of the work and […]
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 […]
Pilates, MS and a vision… the role of education and movement in self-management
Rachel, a Pilates instructor and Neuro-Physiotherapist, feels passionately that empowering people to move well is key to living well. She also believes that clinicians and movement professionals have a role to play in this. ‘My love of Pilates comes from the fact that I coach and empower individuals to look within’, Rachel said. ‘They can […]