The National Ankylosing Spondylitis
Society (NASS)
Founded in 1976
Ground Floor Unit 0.2, 1 Victoria Villas
Richmond, Surrey, TW9 2GW
Phone: (+44-208) 948 9117
Fax: (+44-208) 940 7736
eMail: nass
nass.co.uk
Internet home page: http://nass.co.uk
| President: | Vacant |
| Vice President | Dr A. At. J. DIXON |
| Chairman | Mr Hedley HAMILTON |
| Director | Ms Jane SKERRETT |
| International contacts and delegate to the ASIF Council | Jane SKERRETT (address of NASS head office as given above) |
| Medical advisors | Dr.
Andrei CALIN Dr. Anthony CLARKE Dr. Andrew KEAT, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, London Dr. Richard JACOBY, Exeter Hospital, Exeter Dr. Athimalaipet RAMANAN, South Mead Hospital, Bristol Prof. Paul WORDSWORTH, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford |
| Membership
1 Jan 2010 |
5922 paying members including ca. 97% people with AS |
| Local
branches |
94 local branches with weekly supervised evening physiotherapy held in the physiotherapy department of a hospital, treat 2500 people a week |
| Newsletter Editorial board |
«AS
News» (2/year) Jane SKERRETT |
| Articles published in 2009 and recommended for translation | Autumn
2009 included a piece by a patient who had knee replacement surgery 2010 AS News Spring edition will include an update on research into the genetics of AS |
| Further publications | A
Guidebook for Patients (over 130 000 copies donated to date) Bath Indices Car Driving with Ankylosing Spondylitis (by Jon Erlendsson) Exercise DVD Factsheets on various topics including Pilates, iritis etc |
| Most important events in the past and coming year | 2009:
Annual General Meeting and patient conference in November 2010: Back to Action: how to use the gym safely Looking Ahead: best practice in the diagnosis, treatment and management of AS NASS en Masse: fundraising walk to celebrate World AS Day May 9 2010 |
| Membership fee | £ 12 per year within UK, £ 3 within UK unemployed, £ 15 per year overseas, £ 250 lifelong membership |
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