UK campaign for access to treatments and support for those with spinal muscular atrophy

  • Charlotte’s story

    Being a Mum to a child with SMA is the most rewarding yet isolating feeling. On the one hand, your child, for whom the specialists have a relatively negative outlook on, continues to surpass all expectations and you find yourself in awe of their strength and determination (and it is this that forces you to…

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  • Charlotte’s story

    Being a Mum to a child with SMA is the most rewarding yet isolating feeling. On the one hand, your child, for whom the specialists have a relatively negative outlook on, continues to surpass all expectations and you find yourself in awe of their strength and determination (and it is this that forces you to…

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  • Morning in the life of an SMA type 2 family

    Morning in the life of an SMA type 2 family

    Last night after finally finishing my sons physio, standing, stretches, chest physio, toileting putting his orthoctics on, a routine that can take up to two hours before bed I finally got to sit down. I than put the washing on, hung aload out, tided up from dinner, paid a bill online, opened up the mail…

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  • Morning in the life of an SMA type 2 family

    Morning in the life of an SMA type 2 family

    Last night after finally finishing my sons physio, standing, stretches, chest physio, toileting putting his orthoctics on, a routine that can take up to two hours before bed I finally got to sit down. I than put the washing on, hung aload out, tided up from dinner, paid a bill online, opened up the mail…

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  • Progress on Early Access Programme of Spinraza

    Progress on Early Access Programme of Spinraza

    Dear Community, During the last few weeks NHSE and Biogen has been discussing the support for EAP. As we know, NHSE current official position is that they are not willing to fund additional auxiliary costs associated with Spinraza administration. Whilst Biogen expressed willingness to cooperate, pharmaceutical companies in general are not allowed to pay doctors…

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