The MS Preconception and Pregnancy Team
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

The MS pregnancy and preconception clinic at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital is a newly designed clinic for people with MS who are considering becoming or are pregnant. The clinic combines the expertise of consultant neurologist Dr Ismail, obstetrician Miss Bonett, and MS specialist nurse Daisy Cam.

MS is disproportionately diagnosed in young women. It is devastating personally and impacts people at the life stage when they are starting to plan for the future. The clinic allows people at this vulnerable stage access to clear and consistent information in a rapidly changing field. A particular strength of the clinic, which is unique in the UK, is that having an obstetrician also allows for people with MS to get bespoke obstetric advice at the time of the clinic, and for plans to be communicated clearly to the obstetric team.

Many of my patients have been seen in the clinic, and all have had an incredibly positive experience. Before going, many have been incredibly fearful about the impact of MS on pregnancy, and the impact of MS on pregnancy and the baby. They have told me that being able to discuss all of this with a single coherent, confident, and lovely team has been really valuable, but the single most powerful thing was feeling that they had this team with them all of the way throughout one of the most amazing and terrifying times of their lives. I don’t think healthcare gets much better than that!

To read the Outstanding Team case study including the solutions, results, and more. Click here and download the PDF or listen to pharmaphorum’s Deep Dive editor Eloise McLennan talking with Dr Azza Ismail and Daisy Cam from the MS Preconception and Pregnancy Team here.

Thank you to this year’s QuDoS in MS programme sponsors, Novartis and Roche.