NASS
Unit 0.2
One Victoria Villas
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 2GW

Tel: 020 8948 9117
Fax: 0120 8940 7736
E-mail: admin@nass.co.uk
Website: www.nass.co.uk

Description:
Founded in 1975 at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath. It is a society formed by people who have Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), their families, friends, physiotherapists and doctors, together with research scientists working on the problems of the disease.

Aims:

• To provide a forum to educate professionals and the public in the problems of the disease.
• To influence governmental bodies and the National Health Service in order that better facilities for treatment should be provided.
• To encourage improved welfare of sufferers and their families.
• To encourage and assist the formation of similar societies in other countries.

Activities:

• support through a network of local branches.
• Medical and social education about the disease and its social and medical management.
• support and funds for a modest amount of research.
• Offering advice and counselling on the condition.

Local Groups:
120 branches providing evening supervised physiotherapy, social activities and mutual support.

Membership: £12 per year, £3 per year if unemployed.

update 07/08/07

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