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ARMA Newsletter January 2019
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CEO update: The NHS Long-Term Plan – it’s what happens next that matters
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The NHS Long-Term plan was published earlier this week. I was pleased to see quite a bit about musculoskeletal health throughout the document. There has been lots of immediate reaction, positive and negative. I think now is the time to focus on the positive, so here are my highlights.
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The first reference to musculoskeletal health comes early on, (para 1.17) but seems to be mostly about frailty and older people. Great, I thought as I read this, but MSK isn’t just about older people. Read on.
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Guest blog: Keep on personalising care
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by Sarah Duncan, Head of Clinical Policy, NHS England
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An interview on the news recently about stem cell research into cartilage replacement for osteoarthritis, made me reflect on the phenomenal pace of change and progress in the relatively short time of my career. As a new physiotherapist in the mid-1980s we used short wave diathermy: long flexible heated tubes wrapped around a patient’s knees to help with the pain of arthritis. Although patients really enjoyed the heat, it made little difference to their ongoing pain and mobility.
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Everything you wanted to know about setting up a Musculoskeletal Service but were afraid to ask!
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Sign up for the webinar rescheduled for 15 February 2019 at 12.30 - 1.30pm
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The rescheduled webinar on Friday 15 February 2019 describes the set-up of the Telford Musculoskeletal Service and some of the problems encountered along the way, with the solutions used. The Service is a single-point of access for rheumatology, pain, physiotherapy, orthopaedics and musculoskeletal services in the NHS…
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Watch again: Webinar recordings
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If you weren’t able to attend the live webinars, you can watch the recordings on the ARMA Webinars page.
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The most recent webinars are:
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- Supporting people with MSK conditions to be more active
- A New way of delivering MSK pain service: Integrated pain assessment spinal service
- Commissioning for quality: community based rheumatology service
- The British Society for Rheumatology’s Choosing Wisely UK Recommendations
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New newsletter: Let us know what you think
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Regular readers will have noticed we changed the design of our newsletter last month. We’ve had some feedback, but we’d really like to know what our readers think. Please let us know by completing this survey. We promise it’s very short and quick to complete!
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Versus Arthritis gives evidence to a Lords Committee about the social care needs of people with arthritis
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Tracey Loftis, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Versus Arthritis, attended the Lords Economic Affairs Committee on Tuesday 4 December 2018 to talk about social care and the needs of people with arthritis. In a wide-ranging session, Tracey highlighted Versus Arthritis’ research on aids and adaptations, the positive impact they have on the lives of people with arthritis and the challenges people still experience when trying to access them.
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Developments from the RCN Rheumatology Forum strategy meetings
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The RCNRF has held two strategy meetings during which the following items were discussed and agreed:
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- Development of a new rheumatology competency publication
- RCN Congress 2019
- RCNRF and ARMA co-production and allegiance
- RCNRF and BSR/BHPR co-production and allegiance
- RCNRF NICE
Read more
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RCN Rheumatology Forum workshop
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The RCN Rheumatology Forum will hold their annual Rheumatology Nursing Workshop in London at the RCN HQ, on 28 June 2019,
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“RCN Rheumatology Nursing Workshop: Advances, innovations and challenges in rheumatology nursing”
20 Cavendish Square, Marylebone,
London, W1G 0R
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National survey on use of local anaesthetic knee injections
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BSRM are interested in understanding the variability between UK clinicians in the use of single dose local anaesthetics in intra-articular injections.
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3rd BSRM National MSK Medicine and Rehabilitation course
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The programme for physicians taking place in Leeds, 11-13 Feb, is available here in PDF.
This 3-day course is aimed at physicians managing non-inflammatory musculoskeletal conditions and will appeal to those in rehabilitation medicine, sport and exercise medicine, rheumatology, pain medicine, radiology, orthopaedics and general practice.
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Fundraising Manager vacancy with Arthritis Action
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Arthritis Action is currently recruiting for the position of Fundraising Manager to join their team in London. To apply, please download the job description and email your CV with accompanying cover letter addressing how you meet the person specification. Applications should be received by 5pm on Monday 21 January at the latest.
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EULAR – a year in review 2018
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The European League Against Rheumatism, EULAR, is celebrating a year of achievement in rheumatology in 2018. EULAR launched its new five-year strategy as well as the EULAR School learning management system. It also published five recommendations, and sponsored twelve countries in Europe to launch the EULAR Campaign, “Don’t Delay, Connect Today” at local level.
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NICE offers conference ticket bursary to attend the 2019 NICE conference
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NICE launched a bursary scheme for voluntary and community sector organisations for the 2019 NICE Annual Conference which is taking place at the Hilton Hotel, Deansgate, Manchester on 9 May 2019.
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This year's bursary package consists of a full day delegate pass to the conference worth £149 plus VAT.
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Consultation on NICE principles
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is inviting comments on the consultation of a new version of the principles that guide the development of NICE guidance and standards. The consultation will run until 11 February 2019.
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The document brings together existing statements of the way NICE practices, in particular the principles set out in our Social Values Judgements document.
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MSK Services Survey
ARMA wants to find out what is happening across England’s MSK services so we can learn how to best target our support for improvements. This MSK Services survey gathers information on the quality of local services, programmes and improvements.
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This is part of our Clinical Networks Project, a partnership between ARMA and NHS England.
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Our report will be anonymised; no names of individuals, CCGs or STPs will be released.
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It only takes a short time to complete. Please find the survey here.
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FOREUM call for International Fellowships
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FOREUM – Foundation for Research in Rheumatology – announces its Call for International Fellowships (1 year).
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FOREUM is committed to funding and promoting scientific research into rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) and has a goal to foster links between rheumatology units in different countries.
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Fit for Work UK Coalition closes
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After a decade of campaigning, the Fit for Work Coalition closed at the end of 2018, having succeeded in securing greater recognition of the importance of good work as a health outcome for people living with long-term conditions.
The Fit for Work UK Coalition’s website remains live so you can still read the policy documents and reports that the Coalition produced.
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Subsidised rate for Health and Wellbeing at Work Conference
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The subsidised rate for the conference on 5-6 March 2019 at the NEC is available until 15 January 2019 at £40 (plus VAT) for both days.
The conference is all about improving the health and wellbeing of work-aged people and aims to provide new ideas and resources to help ensure employees are engaged and motivated, healthy, return to work quickly following absence and stay in work.
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What’s new on the MSK Hub
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The latest resources posted to the MSK Hub include The British Society for Rheumatology’s Choosing Wisely UK recommendations, and Arthritis Action's findings from a nation-wide study into people of working age living with arthritis. Visit the MSK Hub.
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ARMA Calendar
14 Jan 2019 MSK Champions second cohort applications open
15 Jan 2019 Subsidised rate ends for Health and Wellbeing at Work Conference
25 Jan 2019 Bursary applications close for 2019 NICE Annual Conference
06 Feb 2019 Improving Patient Safety & Care 2019 Conference
11 Feb 2019 Consultation on NICE principles closes
11-13 Feb 2019 BSRM National MSK Medicine and Rehabilitation course
15 Feb 2019 FOREUM International Fellowships close to applications
15 Feb 2019 12.30 - 13.30 ARMA/NHSE Webinar: Setting up a Musculoskeletal Service
03 Mar 2019 Deadline for MSK Champions applications
05-06 Mar 2019 Health and Wellbeing at Work Conference
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