I have a long association with Leeds Teaching Hospitals. My mother was a Ward Sister at the LGI in the 1950s and my father trained in medicine at Leeds and had strong ties with the hospital consultants in his 30 years as a GP. I continued for a further 30 years as a GP in Headingley and was always grateful for the support of the hospital teams in carrying on the caring above and beyond what I and my colleagues in General Practice could provide. 

During my career I only had occasional contact with MND sufferers and their families but was acutely aware of how little we had to offer. It was always nice when I could offer someone hope of cure, improvement or comfort, but for MND there was very little of any of these available. Empathy and compassion just weren’t enough. In the last few years a very good friend from our church community was diagnosed with MND. He was lucky to have fantastic support from his family but it was still difficult to watch such a strong and kind man be debilitated by this cruel disease.

Now I have retired as a GP I wanted to find a different way to contribute and help to give at least a glimmer of hope of improvements and ultimately a cure.

I loved running as a schoolboy and spent my working life advising others to be physically active while gradually neglecting my own fitness. Now I am determined to use this opportunity to challenge myself while, hopefully raising lots of money for such a worthy cause.

Please help in whatever way you can and add another brick or two, or more,  to the Rob Burrow MND Centre.

Thank you!