NASS have appointed a new Campaigns Officer, Sophie Matthew. Sophie takes on the role for a 9 month period which will be reviewed thereafter considering the charity's finances. Sophie's main responsibilities are to raise awareness of AS, particularly with MPs and key decision-makers and to widely publicise the findings of ‘Looking Ahead - Best Practice for the care of people with ankylosing spondylitis'. She will be particularly focusing on raising GP awareness of the recommendations for patient care.
Sophie has a long association with NASS and has been a member of the NASS London (Camden) branch for a number of years.