~ The Chair’s Blog ~
I am aware that you haven’t heard from me for a while. But please don’t think I haven’t been busy over the summer months because it really has been a busy period and actually finding the time to just sit down and update you has not been easy. Anyway,...
So, here I am on the last day of February with forecasts of heavy snowfall for Wales and I have to go to London which has already seen major disruption to transport due to snow. Yet, even though travellers are being warned to make only necessary journeys I cannot...
Now here's an interesting e-mail we received. One of our latest Members decided to celebrate her 20th Anniversary which fell on Valentine's Day by giving herself a Gold Membership. Here's what she had to say: "I joined the PAS because I wanted, needed, to know more...
Last week I was at a NICE consultation which was looking at the problems with the diagnosis of Myalgic Encephalopathy (or encephalomyelitis). Because there are so many contentious issues concerning the disease NICE are going to take a good look at the subject and...
Yesterday I travelled 75 miles to represent one of our members of the society at a Tribunal. The member, one of our earliest members, suffers from the worst effects of Pernicious Anaemia, had been receiving Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and,...
I couldn’t put it off any more, and so this morning I started work on my presentation at the International B12 Conference that takes place at the University of Aarhus in Denmark next month. I have been asked to give a 20-minute presentation on how the problems with...
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