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New help for people just diagnosed with MS

NEW HELP and advice aims to tackle the lack of support that people newly diagnosed with MS are given from their GPs.

A report commissioned by the MS Trust says that only one in eight people are given proper early guidance.

The Trust’s survey found that 72% of people report they would have been less stressed if they had received the right information when diagnosed.

The MS Trust has developed a suite of resources, Making Sense of MS, to help healthcare teams close this information gap at the time of diagnosis. They were developed in partnership with people with MS and health professionals specialising in the condition.

It includes a small, discreet introductory booklet, tailored to provide positive and practical information and is specifically designed to be given out at diagnosis.

The booklet will help clinicians meet the latest recommendations in the NICE clinical guideline for the management of multiple sclerosis, launched earlier this month.

Professor Neil Scolding, from the University of Bristol Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, said: “In a busy clinic it is often difficult to provide the right amount of information.

“This new resource is excellent – simple, clear and easy to read and understand. And it fits in a pocket!”

MS Trust

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