Irish Raynaud's & Scleroderma Society

IMPRESS 2 study

Dr Antonio Brucato, Chief of the Internal Medicine Department, Riuniti Hospital, Bergamo, Italy is looking to involve women in the IMPRESS 2 study: International Multicentric prospective study on PREgnancy in Systemic Sclerosis.
If you are interested in taking part in this study please email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or telephone 0818 363 999 and we will put you in touch with FESCA who are facilitating contacts from participating Scleroderma Support Groups in Europe.

At the World Congress in Rome - 16th to 19th June, there will be a special session on Sexuality and Pregnancy in systemic sclerosis, with one of the three doctors in the project: Dr. Antonio Brucato, Dr.Angela Tincani, and Dr. Monica Ostensen

Report on Medical Genetics

We have been circulated with information on the activities of The National Centre for Medical Genetics (NCMG) which can be downloaded in the document NCMG 5 year report. We would like to draw your attention to a particular element of this report in relation to staffing levels in clinical genetics in Ireland compared with other European countries. A resource table comparison for your information is here.

This is of particular importance to many who may engage with the clinical genetics services that are currently poorly resourced leading to long waiting times for an appointment.

National Scleroderma Registry

 For details on information and registration on the Irish National Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma) Registry kindly contact: Mairéad Murry, Clinical Research Nurse, St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin (01) 7165826, or email: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Local Support Network Groups

Would you like to join a local group?  We are setting up local patient support groups around the country, with Cork and North Dublin leading the way.  The latest group to start is the South Dublin/North Wicklow group.  Galway is in the pipeline!

If you would like to be part of a local group please let us know by email or by phoning 0818 363 999 (for the price of a local call anywhere in the country).  We are planning to set up groups in other parts of the country so please let us know if you are interested