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  1. Download as PDF or order paper copies of various fact sheets about:
    Newly diagnosed About MS Living with MS Symptoms Treatments For families For people with MS For Health Professionals
  2. This map contains information on MS services and other useful groups across the UK - from MS nurses, therapists and specialist hospitals to support groups and more.

    The first recommendation of the NICE MS Management Guidelines states that everyone with MS should have access to specialist neurological services when they need them. However, for many this can be a hit and miss experience. In the hope of improving this situation, to provide guidance for individuals and to help primary care staff ensure appropriate referrals, the MS Trust, in conjunction with the MS Society, has drawn up a list of all the specialist centres in the UK and the neurologists within those centres.

    The centres listed have true expertise in the management of multiple sclerosis, commonly a specialist nurse service, and the ability to offer disease modifying drug therapy where and when appropriate.
  3. The NICE clinical guideline on multiple sclerosis covers the full range of care that should be available from the NHS to adults of all ages with MS. They include how the diagnosis should be made, how people should be told they have MS and the treatments that should be offered. Treatments for MS may involve medicines but also include physiotherapy, rehabilitation, and psychological and emotional support.

    Click the Download button at the top of the page to save the full guidelines as either PDF, ePub or eBook.

    In particular, see the tab for Tools and Resources at the top, and the link for Recommendations (about 1/2 down on the left sidebar menu) where it states time-frames and what information you should be given after diagnosis etc.
  4. Able Radio is a live, online, radio station presenting shows at the heart of the disabled community. As a unique online radio station, our concern is to move forward with disability and restrictive medical conditions. Join us for great music, information and chat presented by a variety of personalities, each adding their own unique style focussing on the ability in disability.
  5. ABLEize is a top ranking directory offering the largest Internet collection of disability, mobility and health resources in the UK and Europe. Ableize was born out of the frustration of its founder, a disabled wheelchair user following poor Internet search results and is now the largest and most comprehensive directory of disability and health care information and products on the Internet.
  6. "Our information guides are short and easy to digest, giving an overview of the relevant topic. Factsheets are longer with more detail, for those who want more information." Download as PDF.
     
    Information Guides on:
    Money and legal guides Health and well-being guides Home and care guides Work and learning guides Travel and lifestyle guides  
    Factsheets on:
    Consumer factsheets Health factsheets Housing factsheets Income and benefits factsheets Legal factsheets Social care factsheets  
     
  7. Ouch! is a blog and internet talk show which goes beyond the headlines to reflect disability life.

    (The old version of the Ouch! blog is still available for reference here:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs/ouch)
  8. ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. The information provided on ClinicalTrials.gov should be used in conjunction with advice from health care professionals. Before searching, you may want to learn more about clinical trials.

    The link takes you to MS Trials in the UK.
  9. The aim of this website is to tell you about multiple sclerosis (MS) in a simple, fun way. The website and activities have been designed specifically for young people to watch, listen and get involved in.
  10. European Committee for Treatment and Research in MS
     
    ECTRIMS works with researchers and clinicians of its member countries and with other organisations that share similar missions and objectives on a worldwide scale, creating networking and collaboration opportunities. The ultimate goal of ECTRIMS is to improve basic and clinical research and clinical outcomes in MS.
     
  11. The Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is a method of quantifying disability in multiple sclerosis. The EDSS replaced the previous Disability Status Scales which used to bunch people with MS in the lower brackets.

    The EDSS quantifies disability in eight Functional Systems (FS) and allows neurologists to assign a Functional System Score (FSS) in each of these. The Functional Systems are:
    pyramidal cerebellar brainstem sensory bowel and bladder visual cerebral other
    EDSS steps 1.0 to 4.5 refer to people with MS who are fully ambulatory.
    EDSS steps 5.0 to 9.5 are defined by the impairment to ambulation.
  12. Calculate, track and understand your MS disease status. From the Barts-MS /MS Research Blog.

    Read more: http://multiple-sclerosis-research.blogspot.com/2015/12/clinicspeak-finally-webedss-goes-live.html
  13. The professional membership organisation for Clinical Nurse Specialists and Therapists. The United Kingdom Multiple Sclerosis Specialist Nurse Association (UKMSSNA) provides support, information and education to MS Specialists throughout the United Kingdom, to enable them to provide appropriate healthcare services to people affected by multiple sclerosis.
  14. A website and organization created to help add education information for the global MS community via the internet and via live seminars. You've entered a place where information and knowledge are exchanged for the benefit of ALL persons affected By MS. This includes the MS Patient, the caregiver(s), friends and the medical providers.
  15. Patient resource for cognitive change in MS. This website contains information about cognitive change and practical strategies to help patients.
  16. The Neuro Therapy Centre provides support to people with a neurological condition and their carers at four levels:
     
    A place of care, friendship, advice and personal support where members and their carers can share the experiences of living with an incurable long term degenerative neurological condition in an informal, relaxed and happy environment with each other and with qualified experts in specific matters Physiotherapy and other fitness related services provided by qualified Health Care Professionals Oxygen Treatment Complementary therapies provided by qualified therapists
      Formerly: The MS Support Centre
     
  17. The NICE CKS service provides primary care practitioners with a readily accessible summary of the current evidence base and practical guidance on best practice in respect of over 330 common and/or significant primary care presentations.
     
    The service is being regularly maintained and upgraded as and when significant new evidence emerges. More than 65 topics will be updated and up to 10 new topics will be added each year.
  18. Positive Living with MS was started by Penelope Conway who was diagnosed with MS in 2013. She found few resources for positive encouragement; to laugh, cry, share, and just feel normal in the midst of a life of chaos; so she decided to start something herself.

    Positive Living with MS was birthed out of Penelope’s desire to show others that regardless of the challenge, we can all enjoy life to the fullest and find a smile in the storm.
  19. National Support for all Neurological Conditions
     
    The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends, and carers. There are hundreds of different neurological conditions, including stroke, brain injury, dementia, brain haemorrhage, and many rarer conditions.
     
    We offer a range of services including, but not limited to: Counselling, Welfare Benefits service, adult learning courses, confidence building courses, support groups for different conditions, employment support, Carers Advocacy, legal service, supported volunteering opportunities, and a national information & advice service which includes a library open to the public, and a national helpline.
     
    (Was previously Neurosupport)
  20. Previously known as the “Multiple Sclerosis Research Blog” and “Barts MS Blog”.
     
    The aim is to post daily, commenting on the good, bad and other aspects of MS research. We want to keep you up to date with what’s going on in the world of multiple sclerosis research.
     
    Our audience encompasses MS researchers, clinicians, scientists, students pharmaceutical employees, people with MS, relatives of pwMS and more. So the posts that are written will be aimed at various levels of scientific and medical knowledge. It’s important to us that the blog is inclusive, yet not oversimplified; that we have some posts that will increase the understanding of someone with no knowledge of MS, and some that will inform MS experts of important developments.
     
    NOTE: Professor Giovannoni has moved all his posts onto his “MS Selfie Blog” website, which acts as an archive for his past posts from the MS Blog:
    https://multiple-sclerosis-research.org/2021/11/profg-past-posts-are-on-ms-selfie-site/
     
    Prof G's MS Blog Archive
    https://ms-selfie.blog/
  21. The NHS Constitution has been created to protect the NHS and make sure it will always do the things it was set up to do in 1948 – to provide high-quality healthcare that’s free and for everyone.

    The Constitution sets out your rights as an NHS patient. These rights cover how patients access health services, the quality of care you’ll receive, the treatments and programmes available to you, confidentiality, information and your right to complain if things go wrong.

    Download the NHS Constitution PDF and get more information about your rights as an NHS patient.
  22. The Patients Association is a healthcare charity which for nearly 50 years has advocated for better access to accurate and independent information for patients and the public; equal access to high quality health care for patients; and the right for patients to be involved in all aspects of decision making regarding their health care.
  23. This Really Clear Guide to MS is all about sharing useful information that you can easily understand with No Big Words or Medical Jargon.
  24. The UK Clinical Trials Gateway provides easy to understand information about clinical research trials running in the UK, and gives you and others access to a large range of information about these trials. It is designed to enable you and your clinician to locate and contact trials of interest to you.This information is designed to inform you of ongoing trials.

    The information is being taken from a variety of national registers that are publicly available. This means that it can include trials that may be run from other countries but which have part of the study taking place in the UK.

    NOTE: If the link doesn't work, go to the Home page https://www.ukctg.nihr.ac.uk/ and enter "Multiple Sclerosis" in the search box for trials.
  25. A video explaining MS.
     
  26. Here you will find Multiple Sclerosis videos covering a wide range of topics. Information about What Is Multiple Sclerosis?, The Nervous System, or Possible Causes of Multiple Sclerosis, and more.
  27. An extensive library of on-demand video programming, webcasts, professionally monitored chat rooms, and additional interactive communication features that bring knowledge and empowerment right into the privacy and comfort of a person's home, from the MS Association of America.

About Us

Founded in 2004, MS People UK is a community website and discussion forum by and for people with Multiple Sclerosis as well as for friends, families, supporters and those interested in this disabling condition.

If you’re newly diagnosed or want to ask about possible first symptoms, or if you’ve had Relapse Remit, Secondary or Primary Progressive MS for some time, a welcoming group of fellow MS sufferers is here to chat with you about MS symptoms, diagnosis and treatments.

The atmosphere is friendly whilst being compassionate, supportive and caring. Members also post about a variety of subjects not related to MS, as well as share jokes, talk about their hobbies, have fun, and more.


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