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Julian Ware-Lane pledges to support families with muscle disease.

Julian Ware-Lane has pledged to support families living with muscular dystrophy if elected on 6 May.
The Labour candidate for Castle Point has signed up to the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign’s Manifesto for Muscle which asks for backing in six key areas to help in the fight for better muscle disease services.
If Julian is elected he will be a vital link for local patients and families in the fight for better muscle disease services, will raise awareness of muscle-wasting conditions and put pressure on the NHS to improve health services.
So far the support of MPs has been invaluable for muscle disease campaigners. They have given patients and families their backing at meetings with regional health bosses in Parliament and have spoken at muscle group meetings about local campaigning.
Families living with muscle disease in Castle Point are now hoping that, if Julian is elected, they will continue to be supported in their fight for better health services and care, and to raise awareness of these often devastating conditions.
Julian said: “My constituents can definitely count on my support in the campaign for better muscle disease services if I am elected to represent them.
I would be proud to back families living with muscle disease in getting the care they deserve.” The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign’s Director of Policy and Services, Robert Meadowcroft, said: “We are delighted to be able to count on the support of Julian Ware-Lane in the fight against muscle disease and look forward to working together in the future.” The six pledges Julian Ware-Lane has made are:

to join the All Party Parliamentary Group for Muscular Dystrophy which raises awareness of the conditions
to meet with their local Muscle Group, a campaigning forum for patients and their families
to meet with their local health bosses and find out what they are doing to improve muscle disease health services
to support a new All Party Parliamentary Group for Young Disabled People
to meet with their local Trailblazer ambassador, part of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign’s young disabled campaigners group, and help them fight to improve access to education, leisure facilities and public transport
to ensure vital funding for potential new therapies is a high priority for the NHS.

To find out more about the work of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign go to www.muscular-dystrophy.org. The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign is the leading UK charity focusing on muscle disease. It has pioneered the search for treatments and cures for over 50 years, and is dedicated to improving the lives of all children and adults affected by muscle disease.

It funds world-class research to find effective treatments and cures; provides free practical and emotional support; campaigns to raise awareness and bring about change and awards grants towards the cost of specialist equipment, such as powered wheelchairs.