Recent press highlights
Click the links below to view a selection of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign's recent key online coverage.
- 13 June 2011
Bio News and The Times - Muscular dystrophy screening should be NHS priority, says expert Bio News took this content from The Times newspaper, after they reported that Prof. Kay Davies is calling for national screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy - 30 May 2011
Birmingham Mail - Birmingham youngster surprised with new wheelchair The celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Joseph Patrick Trust - 29 May 2011
Daily Mail - Champion award for MP in care campaign Dave Anderson, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on muscular dystrophy has been honoured with a prestigious charity award for his work. - 5 May 2011
BBC News online - Drug offers hope for treating muscular dystrophy A drug that can boost muscle strength in mice shows promise as a possible treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, research suggests. - 27 August 2010
Daily Mirror - EasyJet bar wheelchair woman as health hazard The Daily Mirror cover the Trailblazers tourism report with a story on air travel problems. - 27 August 2010
Newsnight - GP NHS commissioning "disastrous" Newsnight cover GP commissioning concerns highlighted by the patients' survey State of the Nation. - 27 August 2010
The Guardian - EasyJet taken to task over wheelchair policy The Guardian covers the Trailblazers tourism report which uncovered problems with air travel. - 7 July 2010
BBC Online - Droitwich boy tells MPs about his muscular illness Murray Field, 12, meets a panel of MPs at Westminster to tell them how muscle disease services in the West Midlands affect his life. - 14 June 2010
Muscular dystrophy patient highlights gap in NHS care Steve Ledbrook from Weston talks to BBC Somerset about the problems muscle disease patients face in moving from child to adult services. - 7 April 2010
Care advisors to fight muscle disease - SEN Magazine SEN Magazine's coverage of the news that 19 care advisor posts have been either created or newly funded across the UK.
