Membership Benefits Becoming a member of the British Polio Fellowship connects you with a national community dedicated to supporting people living with the late effects of polio. As a member, you gain access to personalised support, exclusive resources, and the chance to shape and strengthen the Fellowship itself. Below is a full list of benefits […]

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Susan's mother, Elizabeth, was five months pregnant when she contracted polio in the 1950s.

The British Polio Fellowship (BPF) is throwing its full support behind a new report calling for urgent reform of neurology services in Northern Ireland, warning that polio survivors living with the late effects of polio and post-polio syndrome are among those being failed by a system stretched far beyond its limits. The report, “Left Behind: […]

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The UK health system hasn’t figured out how to care for its roughly 50,000 polio survivors, a problem soon to be replicated around the globe.

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The Timms Review launched last October with the aim of making sure PIP is fair and fit for the future. Its Interim Report, published in July 2026, found that PIP is no longer fit for purpose.

Experts issue warning after polio funding was cut

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As the UK experiences another heatwave of the summer, with amber heat-health alerts in place across London, the South East, the East of England and the East Midlands, energy and water companies are seeing an increase in people signing up for extra support through the Priority Services Register (PSR). The PSR is a free scheme […]

A conference focusing on the late effects of polio and post-polio syndrome revealed that many of those affected by the condition still feel under-supported. The British Polio Fellowship’s Health and Wellbeing Conference, held on 4 July at the Hilton Doubletree Hotel in Elstree, brought together around 86 attendees, including several speakers who shared personal experiences […]

Wales runs a program called the All Wales Community HealthPathways Programme, a shared clinical guidance system that helps GPs, nurses, and other healthcare professionals follow the same best-practice care advice. The programme is used by all seven Welsh health boards: Aneurin Bevan, Betsi Cadwaladr, Cardiff and Vale, Cwm Taf Morgannwg, Hywel Dda, Swansea Bay, and […]

People who had polio can develop Late Effects of Polio (LEoP) at any time, even years after their initial illness. But not everyone who had polio will experience these late effects. Those who were more severely affected by polio, especially those individuals who suffered significant paralysis, will tend to be at a higher risk of […]