Anthony Nolan’s Trust urged the Government to ensure every patient could access the treatment they needed and on the 24 February 2017 NHS England reinstated funding to 2nd stem cell transplants. Stem cell transplants help cancer patients replace damaged blood cells Procedure costs the National Health Service between £50,000 and £120,000 In 2016 the NHS […]
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Since NHS England initially announced in December 2016 that it wouldn’t fund second transplants, more than 25,000 people joined our campaign to reverse the decision. Thanks to every single person that signed the petitions, and wrote to their MPs. We all did it together. Thanks to colleagues at Anthony Nolan, all other blood cancer charities, […]
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Update 24 February 2017: NHS England reinstates funding to 2nd stem cell transplants thanks to your support! Read More Here Early in 2016 a MDS patient was denied a potentially life- saving 2nd bone marrow transplant despite showing a good chance of being cured by this 2nd treatment.After 4 months of waiting, spent in and […]
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2015 MDS World Awareness Day: Video Stories 25/10/2015 Some of our true champions for MDS awareness have shared their stories with us. Watch their video clips and share them in support of MDS World Awareness Day 2015! Emma Paine: What happens when you need a second transplant? Emma is an MDS patient. She had a […]
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New video clip – Russell Cook’s stem cell transplant experience 05/03/15 We have uploaded a new video clip of our friend and new MDS UK trustee Russell Cook. He tells us in detail about his experience of his three stem cell transplants – two from an unrelated donor – which failed, followed by stem cells […]
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Updated on 24/09/2018 If you are interested in learning more about what happens before, during and after a bone marrow transplant – we have different MDS transplant blogs to share with you: Emma Payne (Blog): https://emmafightsmds.wordpress.com/ Chris Spencer (Blog): http://chrisspencer416.blogspot.co.uk Revel Rev (Blog:) https://revrebel.blogspot.com Evie McClean(YouTube): Evie McClean YouTube Channel Jayne Snell (Twitter account):@JayneMSnell All blogs are […]
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