Doddie Weir was an avid campaigner for MND awareness and set up the Doddie Weir Foundation to support work towards a cure.
A new event has been launched to aid carers and supporters of people with motor neuron disease following the death of Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir.
The session will be led by the needs and wishes of families and caregivers and the NHSGGC is currently taking feedback from them about what they would like to see covered. Dr George Gorrie, a consultant neurologist with NHSGGC, has been one of the driving forces behind the Carers’ Academy. “From that moment on, the person receiving that diagnosis – the patient – is rightly at the centre of all the services we provide. However, there is a danger that carers, who are such an important component of MND care, can be forgotten.
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