GAIN News
What are reasonable adjustments, and how to ask for them
Workers with disabilities or health conditions are legally entitled to reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 - here's how to speak to your employer about them Being diagnosed with a neurological condition often means so much more than a change in your...
Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) in CIDP
Background CIDP - although a rare disease - is the most common chronic autoimmune neuropathy. It is associated with damage of the peripheral nerve myelin, resulting in mostly symmetric sensorimotor symptoms including weakness, numbness, areflexia and sensory ataxia....
Scottish Disability Payments
Building better Disability Payments From August 29th 2022, working-age disabled people anywhere in Scotland will be able to apply for Adult Disability Payment. This replaces Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and is administered...
New ‘female friendly’ plasma machines will enable more lifesaving donations in the West Midlands
Birmingham's plasma donor centre is upgrading to new female friendly donor machines which will almost double the number of women who can donate lifesaving plasma. The previous donation machines operated to a minimum height and weight criteria that ruled most women...
Background to the collection of plasma for IVIG
Prior to 2021, plasma collected in the UK was banned for use in the production of fractionated plasma derived medicines (e.g., immunoglobulins, albumins, coagulation factors), as a safety measure following the 1998 outbreak of ‘mad cow disease’. Due to the ban, 100%...
New Government Cost of Living support
On 26 May, the government announced new help to support people with the cost of living. There are a number of different schemes that are aimed at different groups. On 26 May, the government announced new help to support people with the cost of living. There are a...
Disability Grants: Your Guide to Grants for the Disabled
Do you have a Disability? Are you a parent or carer of a Disabled child or adult? If so, use this website to save time finding Disability Grants. Charities and Trusts provide funding towards the high cost of disability equipment, holidays, housing, days out.........in...
Neurological Alliance – Join us: back the 1 in 6
1 in 6 people in the UK live with a neurological condition but there simply isn’t the workforce or services in place to support them. Join us in calling on governments across the UK to #BackThe1in6 and set up a Neuro Taskforce to deliver real change. Sign the petition...
Guillain-Barré Syndrome Related and Unrelated to COVID-19: Clinical Follow-Up in the COVID-19 Era
OBJECTIVE: COVID-19 has been associated with neurological complications such as Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). Several cases have been reported, but without functional outcome data after intensive rehabilitation and medium-term follow-up. METHODS: In this...