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MS Research Unit IN New Rooms!
The Bristol MS Research Unit at General Hospital has moved to more suitable premises in the Lucas Ward on the ground floor of the General. We are delighted
with this move as it will enable us to extend our services to include a new
resources centre for people who have MS and for professionals who treat it.
Come and try out our comfy lounge area and new information resources! It will
also provide us with more suitable space for current studies on
fatigue and other aspects of MS. As part of an ongoing programme of
research into fatigue we will now be able to see groups of people who wish to
participate in the development of a fatigue management programme. Other studies
will also be better accommodated and we will develop a research advisory team.
Do let us know if you are interested in joining in with any of these new
developments-we will keep our phone number 0117 928 6332 contact us!We are very grateful to the UHBristol NHSFT Above and Beyond Appeal who have provided funds to help us buy new furniture and provide better resources for people with MS and those close to them and generally to enable us to develop a centre that we all can be proud of! In addition the charity MS Research Training and Education continues to help us fund staff and equipment for research programmes.
This move means easier collaboration with the Frenchay Neurology team and likely accommodation of some joint work both at the General and in the new BrAMS building at Frenchay. In all in all we feel that this is a very major move forward for MS in Bristol. It brings us closer to the establishment of a single “Centre of Excellence” for MS in Bristol and enables better exchange of resources and ideas. We cannot tell yet where a single MS site will be best placed and it will be some while before that is known but having improved accommodation at both The General and at Frenchay can only be really GOOD NEWS for Bristol!
Rosie Jones MS Research Unit. January 2008
