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ARMA Newsletter September 2019
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Pain and physical activity: complex issues need collaborative solutions
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One of the things I love about my job is the variety of things I get involved in. The wide scope of what is covered by musculoskeletal health and the variety of ARMA members, partners and stakeholders means no two days are ever the same. August has been a month to prepare for the exciting variety of activity we have planned including our annual lecture, a roundtable on pain, an event on physical activity and more webinars.…
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Guest blog: How can we ensure general practice is fit for the future?
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by Duleep Allirajah, Assistant Director of Policy and Campaigns, RCGP
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As any patient who struggled to book a GP appointment will know only too well, general practice in the UK is under immense strain. Demand for appointments is rising and GPs are seeing more patients with complex needs. At the same time, practices are closing, workloads are reaching unsafe levels and burnt-out GPs are quitting the profession. That is why the Royal College of General Practitioners decided the time was right to publish Fit for the Future, our vision for the revitalisation of general practice.…
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Webinar: What a First Contact MSK Practitioner can do for you
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20 September 2019, 12.30 – 1.30pm
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The NHS Long Term Plan aims to see every patient with a musculoskeletal condition have access to a First Contact Practitioner (FCP) by 2023/24. What does implementation of FCP mean for local health systems? What needs to be in place to gain the maximum benefit? The webinar will outline the basic principles behind FCP. Two presenters who work in areas which have established effective FCP services will outline the impact it has had on their work, the benefits of the system and give tips on how to make the best of the changes.
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Webinar: IAPT and psychological support for people with MSK conditions
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27 September, 12 noon – 1pm
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Pain, mental health and musculoskeletal conditions are strongly linked. Depression is four times more common among people in persistent pain compared to those without pain, for instance. So not recognising or treating one can impact the others greatly. IAPT services provide evidence based treatments for people with anxiety and depression. NHS England is now expanding IAPT services, including introducing IAPT for long term conditions. Some IAPT services now have an offer for people with MSK conditions and pain.
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Webinars to watch
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You can watch the recordings of our past webinars if you weren’t able to attend them live on the ARMA Webinars page.
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We are Undefeatable campaign
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A new campaign, We are Undefeatable, launched on 2 September from Sport England and associated partners including Versus Arthritis. The campaign aims to help people with health conditions find ways to get active. With a long term condition you are two times more likely to be inactive. Physical activity plays a powerful role, it can help manage 20 or more conditions and reduce the risk of many health conditions by up to 40%. Sport England are challenging the existing narrative and working with partners to challenge the status quo. …
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Health and Wellbeing Resources Pack for local health and care systems
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In January 2019, NHS England published the NHS Long Term Plan, outlining its vision to improve the health and wellbeing of people over the next 10 years. Central to this vision is a commitment to designing and delivering services that are more joined-up, tailored and community-based to meet the needs of local people, including those who face health inequalities. To support this, members of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, together with Healthwatch and Versus Arthritis, have produced Health and Wellbeing Resources Packs for local health and care systems in England.…
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ARMA event: Physical activity and musculoskeletal health
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Encourage more of your customers with long term conditions to be more active.
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- Do you know how to make your services accessible to people with MSK conditions?
- Are your staff members confident to support someone in pain to exercise?
- Do they understand how being more active benefits people’s mobility and can reduce pain?
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If the answer to any of the above is ‘no,’ then you may be turning away valuable customers when you could be helping them to improve their health. This event will help you to change this.
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Putting musculoskeletal conditions in the NHS health check at 40?
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Following initial policy direction in the Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s green paper in July, on Friday 16 August the Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock announced an evidence-based review into the NHS Health Check service. Alongside suggestions that checks are personalised in future, the review will consider ‘increasing the range of advice the checks can offer – for example, prevention of musculoskeletal problems’. …
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Research into reality - reporting on innovations
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Versus Arthritis has a rich research heritage and has funded some great research that has advanced practice including ESCAPE-pain or ‘Enabling Self-management and Coping with Arthritis Pain through Exercise’. This is a six-week rehabilitation programme for people aged 45+ with persistent hip and/or knee osteoarthritis. ESCAPE-pain involves group education and exercise delivered over twelve sessions.
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Core Skills in MSK Care workshops
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The Versus Arthritis Core Skills in Musculoskeletal Care one-day Workshop has been developed for primary care health professionals to improve knowledge, skills and confidence in delivering high quality care to patients with musculoskeletal conditions. The workshops are largely split into three sections: Spine, lower limb and upper limb, with an overview of a range of musculoskeletal conditions.
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BOA Annual Congress 2019 - One week to go!
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10-13 September - ACC Liverpool
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The theme for the British Orthopaedic Association 2019 Congress is "New Horizons in Research, Education and Clinical Leadership", which will be incorporated throughout all of the plenary and breakout sessions. Full Congress registration is now open, register online using the late registration fee, please visit the BOA website for the full rates.…
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PCRMM Annual Conference - preparation continues
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14-16 November 2019 - Park Inn Hotel, York Preparation continues for the
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Primary Care Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Medicine Society Annual Conference. It’s an educational programme of lectures and workshops for GPs, trainees and other members of the practice team to help develop core skills in musculoskeletal care. It’s a friendly, hands-on conference.…
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Bone and Joint Week - 12-20 October 2019
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Every October, Bone and Joint Week helps get people thinking about one of the most widespread and pressing health issues of our times - musculoskeletal health and the role of each person in improving it. Musculoskeletal conditions affect the bones, joints and muscles are the largest cause of disability …
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Conversation starters for MSD workplace discussions
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A new resource on MSDs for workplaces – ‘Conversation Starters for workplace discussions on musculoskeletal disorders’ – is now available online from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). This is an Occupational safety and health (OSH) resource for running workplace group discussions on MSDs and their prevention. Each activity includes an MSD scenario and a series of questions to facilitate discussion.…
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EULAR Physical Activity recommendations
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EULAR has published a new lay summary: "EULAR recommendations for physical activity in people with inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis". EULAR is disseminating the lay versions of the recommendations to patient organisations and healthcare professionals to support patients and carers in managing their condition. For more lay summaries of EULAR recommendations, go to the EULAR website.
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ARMA Calendar
| 6-7 Sep 2019 |
NASS Voices community event, Leeds |
| 10 Sep 2019 |
FOREUM grant closes for gender-related MSK studies |
| 10-13 Sep 2019 |
BOA Annual Congress |
| 25 Sep 2019 |
Core Skills in Musculoskeletal Care workshop, London |
| 12-20 Oct 2019 |
Bone and Joint Week |
| 14 Oct 2019 |
Advancing our health: prevention consultation closes |
| 17-19 Oct 2019 |
BMJD World Congress 2019, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 23 Oct 2019 |
Core Skills in Musculoskeletal Care workshop, Leeds |
| 14-16 Nov 2019 |
PCRMM Annual Conference 2019 |
| 15-16 Nov 2019 |
NASS Voices community event, London |
| 26 Nov 2019 |
Core Skills in Musculoskeletal Care workshop, London |
| 3 Dec 2019 |
ARMA event: Physical activity and musculoskeletal health |
| 10 Dec 2019 |
Core Skills in Musculoskeletal Care workshop, Glasgow |
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