Thousands of disabled people who suffer from progressively worsening conditions will face reassessment for their benefits this year, new figures show. Campaigners and MPs are now demanding changes to stop
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Motor neurone disease (MND) campaigner Gordon Aikman has died aged 31. Mr Aikman was just 29 and working as director of research for the Better Together side during the 2014
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The Scottish Government has doubled the number of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) clinical specialist nurses, Public Health Minster Aileen Campbell has said. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pledged to improve MND
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A motor neurone disease (MND) patient and campaigner has raised more than £500,000 for research into a cure for the condition. Gordon Aikman, former policy chief at the Better Together
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One in five people diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in the last three years waited a year or more to see a neurologist. A poll of more than 900
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The First Minister has been accused of reneging on a promise she gave to a dying campaigner to double the number of specialist support nurses. Nicola Sturgeon had pledged the
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An extra £2.5 million will be invested in specialist nursing and care, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. The first allocation of the new funding package, £700,000, will go towards
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