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ARMA Newsletter August 2019
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Prevention and primary care: opportunities we must all engage
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by Sue Brown, CEO ARMA
Two things happened in July which will be significant for MSK services: the publication of the Prevention Green Paper Advancing Our Health, and the creation of over 1,200 Primary Care Networks (PCNs) across England. ARMA will be supporting members to engage with the Green Paper and to ensure PCNs deliver what is needed for MSK. We hope all our newsletter readers will get involved too.
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ARMA responds to the Government's Prevention Green Paper
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The Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance, an alliance of prominent health charities, professional and research bodies, welcomed the publication of the Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s consultation document from the UK Government. The Green Paper recognises that for the last 30 years, problems with joints, bones and muscles have been the most common cause of years …
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Government proposals on prevention: what they mean for people with arthritis
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The Government is inviting views on how we can live longer, healthier lives. There are some positive proposals for people with arthritis – but Versus Arthritis will continue to demand more action to help people look after their musculoskeletal health. In 2018, the Government set a mission to ensure that by 2035, people can enjoy at least five extra healthy, independent years of life and to narrow the gap between the richest and poorest in the country …
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Prevention in the 2020s: what it means for axial SpA
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On 22 July 2019, the government quietly published their green paper Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s. There has been a lot of commentary in the media, although it has been hugely overshadowed by activity in Westminster and the appointment of a new Prime Minister. A green paper is a consultation document. This means that this isn’t the final version and so people both inside and outside parliament are able to comment on policies being proposed …
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PHE framework for MSK prevention published
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Public Health England has published two documents related to MSK prevention. The first is a whole-system strategic framework for prevention of musculoskeletal conditions across the life-course. The purpose is to provide stakeholders and system collaborators with a clear statement of PHE, NHS England and Versus Arthritis’ commitments to promote MSK health and to prevent MSK conditions…
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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. The aim is to provide faster access to diagnosis and treatment and to support more patients to self-manage their conditions. What does implementation of FCP mean for local health systems? What needs to be in place to gain the maximum benefit?
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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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Who should attend:
Commissioners, health care practitioners who see MSK patients, MSK service managers and transformation leads. It will be of particular interest to those in areas which are new to FCP or don’t currently have a service. The webinar is not aimed at First Contact Practitioners.
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Presenters:
Sarah Withers, Head of FCP Implementation, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Dr Robin Harlow, Clinical Director, The Willow Group of GP Practices
Rebecca Keating, Planned Care Commissioning Manager, Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group
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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.
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The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme began in 2008. 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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Join this webinar to hear from two IAPT services which support people with MSK conditions. The webinar will include:
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- An introduction to IAPT
- What IAPT has to offer people with MSK conditions and pain
- Early experiences of offering this service
- How IAPT MSK integrates with physical health services
- Commissioning IAPT MSK
Who should join:
Everyone involved in treating people with MSK conditions, commissioners, IAPT providers.
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Presenters:
Dr John Pimm, Head of Service IAPT, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Jonny Wilkins, Clinical Team Lead, TALKWORKS – Talking Health, Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Sue Pike, Clinical and Service Manager (Devon), TALKWORKS – Talking Health, Devon Partnership NHS Trust
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Webinars to watch
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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- Addressing the burden of rheumatic and musculoskeletal foot and ankle pain.
- Managing women of childbearing potential living with chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease
- How to integrate mental and physical healthcare for long term musculoskeletal conditions
- How to implement the National Back and Radicular Pain Pathway
- Everything you wanted to know about setting up a Musculoskeletal Service but were afraid to ask!
- 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
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The world's first Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome nurse
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Ehlers-Danlos Support UK and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), have announced that they will co-fund the world’s first Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) nurse. The two organisations have together pledged £119,500, for a two-year pilot. The nurse will be part of a four-person specialist team at UCLH, which sees approximately 600-700 new EDS cases a year …
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The State of Musculoskeletal Health 2019
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How many people have musculoskeletal conditions in the UK? How are these conditions affecting their lives? What is the breakdown by age, gender, and condition? What is the impact of MSK conditions on work, health services, and the wider economy? This month Versus Arthritis published the annual State of Musculoskeletal Health 2019 to help answer these questions and many more.…
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Versus Arthritis: 2020 MSK Champions
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The second cohort of MSK Champions at Versus Arthritis has started their 18-month leadership development programme at the well renowned Ashridge business school. Through the skills acquired on the programme, mentorship and a multi-disciplinary network of peers, the Champions will be supported and coached to drive forward a local service-improvement project to improve MSK health care provisions in their local area.…
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Moving matters - Interventions to increase physical activity
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We know that keeping active is important for maintaining MSK health. The challenge is always how to encourage people to be more active. This themed review from NIHR provides some evidence about what works (and what doesn’t). The review outlines evidence from over 50 studies of what is effective in getting people more active.…
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Driving forward social prescribing: A framework for Allied Health Professionals
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This new resource looks at how Allied Health Professionals can be involved with social prescribing, not just AHPs who work in the NHS but also those in private practice. The framework sets out four ways AHPs can engage with social prescribing, from active signposting, to involvement in the development of social prescribing and gives examples of how different AHPs might do this.…
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Mental health and persistent back and neck pain project
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Designing care for people living with both mental health problems and persistent back and neck pain
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In September 2018, the Q Improvement Lab (part of the Health Foundation) and Mind embarked on a year-long collaboration to understand how care can be improved across mental health and persistent back and neck pain. Read more
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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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Alisa Bosworth steps down as CEO from NRAS
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Charity Founder, Ailsa Bosworth MBE steps down after 18 years as CEO of the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society to take on a new role as National Patient Champion for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
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Call on sex- and gender-related research projects
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The Foundation for Research in Rheumatology (FOREUM) considers studies on sex- and gender-related issues of key importance as they may help to better understand the pathogenesis of rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases, as well as to better interpret peoples’ clinical presentation and disease course.
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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 |
| 10 Dec 2019 |
Core Skills in Musculoskeletal Care workshop, Glasgow |
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