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Date: 07 Nov, 2019 Do you want to help inform the rare disease framework as part of the UK Strategy for rare diseases in 2020? If you are a patient, healthcare professional or industry member, you can take part in the ‘National Conversation’ now! The Minister for rare disease at the Department for Health and Social Care, Baroness Blackwood,
Thank you to everyone who joined the Alstrom Community on the 19th October 2019 for the Alstrom Syndrome UK Past, Present and Future conference in Birmingham. Whilst the families and professionals gathered at the conference, the youngsters had a fun-filled day at Drayton Manor Theme Park. The conference brought families together to map their diagnostic
Don’t worry if you missed the AGM Alström Syndrome UK held their Annual General Meeting on Saturday 2nd November 2019 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm which took place via teleconference to enable as many people as possible to listen to our updates. The AGM celebrated the achievements of the organisation and family members over the last year.
COordiNated Care Of Rare Diseases (CONCORD) is a research study which aims to investigate how services are currently coordinated for rare conditions and how they should be coordinated in the future. The study is funded by the National Institute for Health Research and is being led by researchers at University College London, in collaboration with Genetic Alliance UK and others.
Welcome to your September edition, of News, Views and Useful Links. In this edition we have a full round up for you, including Amy jetting off to the Game of Thrones film sets in Ireland and discover how you can have your own adventure! and BE QUICK TO GET THIS DEAL ASUK conference is happening
European Reference Networks are a virtual network of specialists and healthcare providers across Europe who aim to share knowledge and information they hold about rare complex conditions. The hope is that this concentration of knowledge and information will improve the management and treatments for rare complex conditions. European Reference Networks (ERN) create a clear governance