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Government fails to act on their 2022 commitment to increase financial support through the Disabled Facilities Grant
Today the BBC have highlighted that just after announcing the Disability Action Plan, the…
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Dr Kate Adcock, Professor Laurent Servais, Dame Kay Davies and Professor Matthew Wood
Changing the landscape for clinical trials in the UK - celebrating the fifth anniversary of the MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre
In January 2019, we partnered with the University of Oxford to form the MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular…
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Research: Successful use of a self-management support programme in neuromuscular specialist centres
Understanding self-management support programmes Self-management support (SMS) is a care programme…
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New research announced to understanding liver disease in people living with X-linked myotubular myopathy
XLMTM and liver disease Over the past few years, it’s become clear that some people with XLMTM can…
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Jack, a man in a wheelchair is smiling at the camera wearing a suit and orange tie at a wedding.
Your heart-warming words of wisdom on growing up with a muscle wasting condition
This Disability History Month, we really wanted to give people an opportunity to share what they…
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NICE publishes second draft guidance on Efgartigimod for treating generalised myasthenia gravis
In September we shared the news that NICE had published draft guidance on the use of the treatment…
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Jack, a man in a wheelchair is smiling at the camera next to Lauren wearing a muscular dystrophy uk t shirt in her chair and a picture of Lauren as a child
Disability History Month: your school experiences of Physical Education  
Jack: The theme of this year’s UK Disability History Month is childhood and youth, and my colleague…
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Double your Donation 2023
  Image         Why is this…
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The 2023 Impact Report. A photo on the front shows a woman hugging her son as they read a book.
Reflection on the Annual Report
Today I’m delighted to publish our 2022/2023 Impact Report. A year in which we rallied our…
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Meet our Trustee: Brigid Sutcliffe
I first became a Trustee of a charity 19 years ago for a London homeless organisation called Thames…
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