Repeat Showing of I Am Breathing

Cakes

I am breathing June 2014
Chrissie Batts and Katy Styles

To end MNDA awareness month, Chrissie Batts, MND specialist nurse and the East Kent group organised a repeat showing of the film ?I am Breathing? ? the Scottish BAFTA award winning film of the final 9 months of Neil Platt?s life. The film was being used to raise awareness of thecondition amongst healthcare professionals. The audience was made up of physiotherapists, trainee doctors, neuropsychologists, nurses from the local hospice and members of the hospital?s ACAT team. Along side the film, the group was promoting the MND Charter and the new Red Flag Tool, a pamphlet written by the MNDA and RCGP. This pamphlet highlights those symptoms GPs or health professionals may see that should get them to consider a diagnosis of MND. There was also a Bake It event, to provide refreshments for the attendees and raise some funds for the work of the MNDA. These included special medically themed cupcakes which went very quickly.

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