NAoS members join together for MS Awareness Week
MS Awareness Week 2026 ran from Monday 20 to Sunday 26 April. The theme this year was ‘MS Think Again’ and the focus was on the misconceptions people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) face and the harmful impact these can have on their lives.
The campaign was led by a collaboration of?the UK’s biggest?MS charities: MS Society, MS Together, MS?Trust, MS-UK,?Shift.ms, Overcoming MS, Neuro Therapy Network, and Talks with MS.?
In the weeks leading up to MS Awareness Week, more than 1,600 UK residents who live with MS, including 237 in Scotland, completed a survey sharing their experiences of people making false assumptions about their condition.
Update from the Long Term Conditions Framework Roundtable Event
The Neurological Alliance of Scotland attended the Long Term Conditions Framework roundtable with the Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health, on Thursday 27th November. Along with around 30 other charities we participated in a full and frank discussion about the look and feel of what is being planned.
‘Action needed now to avert health and social care crisis in Scotland’, sector leaders tell First Minister in open letter.
The Neurological Alliance of Scotland joined 240 health and social care leaders in co-signing the ALLIANCE and the Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland’s open letter to the First Minister, calling for immediate steps to address the current crisis threatening the sector.
New report: Scotland’s ‘invisible’ patients and carers ‘falling between the cracks’ in health service
Patients with neurological conditions and their carers are “falling between the cracks” and many do not feel supported by Scotland’s health system, according to a major new report. The survey by the Neurological Alliance of Scotland reveals that two out of three adults find life difficult to cope with and their condition has an impact on their mental health. Authors have also warned that carers are at “breaking point”, with the Carers’ Trust describing people affected and those supporting them as “often invisible”. Over half of adults feel unsupported by the healthcare system, while four out of five of children with a neurological condition experience frustration and anger.
First UK Neuro Forum meeting begins to identify shared challenges in neurological care
This first ever UK Neuro Forum meeting was held this week. The Forum was announced by the UK Government at the end of 2024, following the #BackThe1in6 campaign led by The Neurological Alliance together with The Neurological Alliance of Scotland, Wales Neurological Alliance and the Northern Ireland Neurological Charities Alliance and supported by over 100 organisations and more than 19,000 people.
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