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Specialist Centres

Your GP or local hospital consultant can refer your child to a specialist neuromuscular centre: 

Specialist Neuromuscular Centres in England offering drug treatments for children who have SMA

For Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, please follow the links in our NHS funded treatment pages

MDUK:  for other information about specialist neuromuscular centres in the UK 

 

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Next review due: June 2023 

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