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A survey has been carries out of 104 patients with multiple sclerosis (m.s.) in West-Central-Scotland. All patients were living at home, and success of services to assist them in the community was examined. The partients were aged 16-65 years and had permanent disability, many being severely handicapped. ⋯ Many of these M. S. patients had failed to establish or maintain contact with available services. These results indicate a need for reorganisation of the support for the chronically disabled, possibly by setting up regular clinics for assessment and management, as recommended by the Tunbridge report (1972).