by Nakita | Apr 9, 2025 | Latest News
The NHS Spring 2025 COVID-19 booster vaccination scheme is starting across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. NHS staff has begun administering the first doses of the spring Covid-19 vaccine. NHS officials are urging those most at risk to secure their...
by Nakita | Apr 1, 2025 | Blog
In the past if someone were to ask me what my best feature was, I would without hesitation say my smile. People would always tell me that they “loved my smile”. I had a full set of pearly whites and was proud that my brightness could turn someone else’s frown upside...
by Nakita | Apr 1, 2025 | Latest News
We hope you will join us in extending a very warm welcome to our new Finance and Resource Manager, Lucy. Lucy joined us in January and brings over 20 years of experience working with charities. We are so pleased to have Lucy on the team! Read Lucy’s statement...
by Nakita | Mar 4, 2025 | Blog, Latest News
Lupus UK is 35 years old in 2025, and we are taking this opportunity to develop our aims and priorities for the coming years. Your voice matters, and we are listening. We want to understand the needs and wants of the whole lupus community, to help us understand where...
by Debbie | Mar 3, 2025 | Latest News
A research team from Cambridge University has found that having a psychosomatic misdiagnosis (a misdiagnosis of a condition where physical symptoms are caused or worsened by psychological factors) before getting an autoimmune diagnosis can have a long-term impact on a...
by Nakita | Nov 19, 2024 | Blog
While daily doom scrolling, the algorithm understanding my frustrated state pushed the account @thisthingtheycallrecovery to my screen. Listening to Jenny, an amazing graphic designer and poet (who happens to be chronically ill) as she shared her poem, I could’ve...
by Debbie | Nov 14, 2024 | Latest News
What does good care and treatment for rare diseases mean to you? The Rare Disease Quality Statement Project is asking the rare disease community to complete their survey, to develop a set of statements which clearly set out what high-quality, sustainable care,...
by Debbie | Nov 8, 2024 | Latest News
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T) has previously shown positive results in treating blood cancers. Based on how this treatment works, efforts have turned towards exploring their potential in treating autoimmune diseases like lupus. What is CAR-T cell...
by Nakita | Oct 24, 2024 | Blog
I knew something was wrong after ‘choosing’ to lay my head down on a rock in the sand on a freezing cold beach in Donegal, rather than attempt the planned walk with the rest of my family. When they woke me 4 hours later, I was confused, frozen and covered in HORSEFLY...
by Nakita | Oct 18, 2024 | Latest News
Welcoming Lisa and Maryam to the LUPUS UK Staff Team! We hope you will join us in extending a very warm welcome to our new Development Manager, Lisa and Health Information Officer, Maryam. Lisa and Maryam joined in September and bring a wealth of experience and...
