The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) has been hailed as a "transformative moment in care" for everyone affected by the disease as it is officially opened.

The centre at Seacroft Hospital in Leeds was the dream of the late rugby league star Rob Burrow and his consultant Dr Agam Jung and is the first purpose-built centre dedicated entirely to MND care, research, education and holistic support in the UK.

The centre, which opens on Monday, has been made possible thanks to a £6.8m fundraising campaign, led by Leeds Hospitals Charity and supported by Burrow's friend and former Leeds Rhinos team-mate Kevin Sinfield.

More than 17,000 donors have contributed so far to the centre and patients, their families, clinical specialists and the wider MND community have all been involved

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