Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Service is run jointly by Dorothy House and the RUH. The service offers a single point of contact and ongoing support for patients with MND, their families and carers.
This service offers specialist information, sign-posting, support and guidance from diagnosis onwards. An MND specialist practitioner works within the RUH, Dorothy House and the community, and can visit patients in their homes.
The MND specialist practitioner can offer:
- Information about MND and referral to community teams
- Benefits information
- Access to Motor Neurone Disease Association support
- Advice and support with advance care planning
- Referral to Dorothy House courses, emotional support, respite care, complimentary therapy and palliative care advice
- Advice, education and support for healthcare professionals and nursing homes.
MND telephone advice:
- You can contact our MND Specialist Practitioner on 01225 824 673 or 07870 984 469
- This is not an emergency service: to obtain urgent medical advice contact your GP or attend your nearest A&E department by ambulance, if necessary.
Links & downloads
- MND Service Leaflet (PDF, 707.61Kb)