Category: Updates

  • Letter to NHS England from the medical and patient communities

    Letter to NHS England from the medical and patient communities

    Efforts continue on bringing about changes to the NHS commissioning policy on nusinersen. Last night almost 40 clinicians and the four UK SMA groups sent another letter to NHS England. The letter underlined our position that nusinersen treatment under the Expanded Access Programme should be provided to all those who have type 1 SMA.

  • Letter to NHS England from the medical and patient communities

    Efforts continue on bringing about changes to the NHS commissioning policy on nusinersen. Last night almost 40 clinicians and the four UK SMA groups sent another letter to NHS England. The letter underlined our position that nusinersen treatment under the Expanded Access Programme should be provided to all those who have type 1 SMA.

  • To Whom It May Concern

    To Whom It May Concern

    I wish you knew the turmoil my heart is in with every single waking beat. I wish you felt the lump in my throat caused by the overwhelming fear of defeat. I wish you saw what I see when I look into my child’s eyes And how beautiful, innocent and pure they are that you…

  • To Whom It May Concern

    I wish you knew the turmoil my heart is in with every single waking beat. I wish you felt the lump in my throat caused by the overwhelming fear of defeat. I wish you saw what I see when I look into my child’s eyes And how beautiful, innocent and pure they are that you…

  • Community response to NHS letter

    Community response to NHS letter

    Today TreatSMA sent a reply to the NHS letter received last month that defended the draconian funding restrictions for compassionate access to nusinersen in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

  • Community response to NHS letter

    Today TreatSMA sent a reply to the NHS letter received last month that defended the draconian funding restrictions for compassionate access to nusinersen in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

  • Preparing for action

    Preparing for action

    Dear Community, After we all partook in sharing the TreatSMA video to raise awareness of SMA, we have been flooded with many questions about how can the community help. The fact is: NHS will not pay this much money for any drug voluntarily. We have between 1–2 thousand SMA-ers in the UK. Which means that…

  • Preparing for action

    Preparing for action

    Dear Community, After we all partook in sharing the TreatSMA video to raise awareness of SMA, we have been flooded with many questions about how can the community help. The fact is: NHS will not pay this much money for any drug voluntarily. We have between 1–2 thousand SMA-ers in the UK. Which means that…