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Our History

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Our History

The Chilterns Neuro Centre was founded in 1985 originally as the Chilterns MS Centre and only supported people with multiple sclerosis.

The modern purpose-built building we are in just now hasn’t always been our home though, and the range of services we offer hasn’t always been quite as extensive.

Primarily set up to provide oxygen therapy that was not available on the NHS, the Centre was based in a pre-fab building in the car park of the Paddocks Hospital in Princes Risborough.

 1985-1990: Paddocks Hospital, Princes Risborough

1985-1990: Paddocks Hospital, Princes Risborough

 1990-2012: Princess Mary Hospital, RAF Halton

1990-2012: Princess Mary Hospital, RAF Halton

 2012-Present: Princess Mary Gate Estate, Halton

2012-Present: Princess Mary Gate Estate, Halton

The rest, as they say, is history.

You can see more of that history by looking at our timeline below. But that is our past, to stay up-to-date with our future, sign up to our communications.

Chilterns Neuro Centre Timeline

1973

Leslie Gardener was diagnosed with MS when he was 50 years old. He heard about oxygen therapy from friend John Ammonds, who was a member of ARMS (Action Research for Multiple Sclerosis).  He started attending MS Centres at Ipswich, Letchworth and Reading.