Campaign news
East Midlands:
- 19 October 2011
Health Minister challenged on access to specialist respiratory care Health Minister, Paul Burstow MP, was challenged by Lincoln MP, Karl McCartney, to provide answers on access to specialist respiratory care for people with muscle disease at Health Questions in the House of Commons yesterday. - 17 May 2011
Have your say in our hospital survey To fight for further investment in specialist neuromuscular services we really need your help, by filling in our new survey, so that we can gather evidence regarding the care that you or someone close to you receives in hospital. - 11 May 2011
NHS wastes £31 million a year The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign’s Invest to Save report, launched in Parliament today, reveals that the NHS is wasting £31 million each year on unplanned emergency admissions to hospital for muscle disease patients. - 4 February 2011
Come and meet us at campaigning events around the UK Over the next eight days, come and join us at nine campaigning events in towns and cities across the UK as we continue the fight for better services. - 8 December 2010
NHS chiefs quizzed by All Party Group MPs and Peers in the All Party Parliamentary Group for Muscular Dystrophy sought answers from regional health bosses in Parliament yesterday about their plans for service improvements for people with neuromuscular conditions. - 25 August 2010
Survey reveals shocking lack of specialist care for people living with muscle disease The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign has published a shocking report today, following a national patients’ survey, which reveals an alarming lack of specialist multi-disciplinary care for people living with muscle disease. - 13 July 2010
NHS reforms may have devastating impact on rare conditions The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign has expressed serious concerns about the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's new-model NHS described in yesterday’s White Paper, raising fears that it will put people with rare conditions at risk. - 6 July 2010
Video: Families living with muscle disease take fight to Parliament Families from across the country were on the panel at today's All Party Parliamentary Group for Muscular Dystrophy meeting to tell them why they desperately need neuromuscular services to improve in their area. - 6 July 2010
APPG shocked that London is only region not reviewing neuromuscular services The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Muscular Dystrophy, meeting today in Parliament, expressed its shock that London is now the only English region not conducting a review of neuromuscular services. - 29 June 2010
Health Minister forced to accept failings in Wheelchair Services Health Minister Paul Burstow MP was forced to accept widespread failings and inefficiencies in the commissioning and delivery of wheelchair services in a House of Commons debate last night secured by Dave Anderson MP.
