Our time at the European Parliament by Nadine Jefferies
Hello! I’m Nadine, Executive Assistant at Medics4RareDiseases, and I’m thrilled to tell you about my trip to Brussels with CEO Lucy McKay. On the 8th February we visited the European […]
Hello! I’m Nadine, Executive Assistant at Medics4RareDiseases, and I’m thrilled to tell you about my trip to Brussels with CEO Lucy McKay. On the 8th February we visited the European […]
Thanks so much to everyone for getting involved with this year’s Rare Disease Day! It’s been amazing how many of you have shown your stripes and they all look fantastic! […]
Rett syndrome is a rare, genetic, neurological disorder affecting mainly females (1:10,000) and very few males. It is present from conception. After a period of ‘near normal’ development, the child […]
Medics4RareDiseases is thrilled to partner with Medscape Education, a global education website for medics, to produce a film with ITN. The programme, that will be released on Rare Disease Day […]
It may be impossible for all doctors to have knowledge of more than 7,000 recognised rare diseases. However, it is feasible for all future and current medical professionals to learn […]
On Tuesday Lucy was invited to present alongside Sioned Preece at the UK Astrazeneca conference held at the Intercontinental right next to the O2 in North Greenwich! Astrazeneca has recently […]
Rare disease day highlights the impact of rare disease on millions of people all around the world. There’s loads of ways you can get involved to support this incredible day, […]
by Dr Alexandra Downes, Paediatric Registrar My Rare Disease journey began in the second year of my Human Genetics degree at University College London. I still remember to this day […]
Rare Diseases affect 3.5 million people in the UK. People with rare conditions take an average of FIVE years to reach a diagnosis. They often experience diagnostic delay because healthcare […]
Say hello to our newest team member!! Eleanor Churchill has joined us in the newly created role of Digital Projects Officer. We are so excited to welcome her to the […]