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Achalasia Action Meetings

Talking to others with achalasia is a good way of getting ideas that might help with particular problems.

Achalasia Action holds regular support meetings, mostly online so that everybody can have access to them. After COVID we aim to re-start some meetings in person.

To see summaries of specialist-led meetings, click on 'See All Meetings' in the box to the right, and then visit 'Specialist-led Meetings'

Upcoming Meetings

Sunday 3rd March 2024, 3pm

Achalasia Action Writing Group

Sunday 10th March 2024, 2pm

Achalasia Action London Online Meetup

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About Us

About Us

How We Can Help

Our main aim is to provide help and support within a friendly and well informed community to those with Achalasia and oesophageal motility and peristalsis problems.

Contact

Contact us for all patient and general enquiries.

Achalasia Resources

Downloadable information leaflets, reports and policies

Trustees

Achalasia Action benefits from the huge range of knowledge and experience brought by our trustees.

News & Blog

See all the recent updates from across the UK, and the latest news and blog articles about Achalasia.
Information & Support
Information & Support

What is Achalasia?

How is Achalasia Diagnosed?

How can Achalasia be treated?

Living with Achalasia

Risks

FAQs

Get answers to frequently asked questions about support and treatment of Achalasia.

Meeting Forums

Regular meetings across the UK providing key influence and support to Achalasia Action.
Research

Research

Research News

See all latest Achalasia research news and articles.

For Researchers

Documentation, archives and links to key information for researchers of Achalasia.

Get Involved With Research

See how you can get involved with research.
Medical Professionals

Medical Professionals

Assessing motility
problems

Achalasia in the GP surgery

Resources

Resources for medical professionals.

For Your Patients

Information to help medical professionals introduce and guide patients on Achalasia.

Events

Take part in upcoming events on Achalasia.
Get Involved

Get Involved

Donate

We rely on the support and generosity from donors to promote, support, raise public awareness and providing research into Achalasia. The sky remains the limit for what we might do.

Meetings

Join our regular online and venue-based meetings across the UK.

Fundraising

There are lots of ways you can help raise funds and awareness for Achalasia Action and by doing so you are giving more and more people living with the condition better access to vital research, information and treatment.

Volunteer

Volunteer for Achalasia Action and help us make a difference.

Get Involved With Research

How you can help with Achalasia research

Helping research studies can be a vitally important way of helping others to cope with achalasia. Your offers to help will be enormously appreciated.

I-PASS

If you would like to help with the I-PASS study, please contact Sara Jamel at Imperial College

Contact Sara Jamel

Mapping the Experiences of People with Achalasia

If you would like to help with an extension to Melika Kalantari’s research in Mapping the Experiences of People with Achalasia by developing a co-designed workbook to help people with living with achalasia, please contact Melika

Contact Melika Kalantari

Further Reading

Need help? Call the helpline on 0300 772 7795 or email admin@achalasia-action.org

Need help?
Call the helpline on 0300 772 7795
or email
admin@achalasia-action.org

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Your donation will be put to good use in promoting the well being of achalasia patients, providing support and education, raising public awareness and providing research into the condition. The sky remains the limit for what we might do.