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ARMA Newsletter January 2020
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MSK health is as important as heart health
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Happy New Year to all our readers. The start of the new year is a time to reflect on our successes in 2019 and to look forward to what can be done in 2020. Some of my highlights from 2019 were the annual lecture on mental health and MSK, our roundtables on pain and on mental health and our webinars. The webinars have been very popular with thousands of people watching them live or in recording. It was the final webinar in December that highlighted something about MSK health that we need to address in the coming year. The topic was care and support planning for MSK…
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Guest blog: How integrated care is set to improve outcomes for those with comorbidities
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by William Pett – Senior Policy Advisor, NHS Confederation
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As people grow older, health conditions often become both more complex and chronic. Evidence shows that rates of those living with multimorbidity rise significantly with age; a recent study revealed that 30% of adults aged 45 to 64 years report at least two chronic conditions, increasing to 65% of adults aged 65 to 84 years and more than 80% for those above 85 years old.
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For older people living with multimorbidity, musculoskeletal conditions are common.…
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The Transformation of MSK Physiotherapy Services
– learning from Scotland
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Friday 17 January 2020 12:30pm
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What can services in England learn from a Scottish experience? The transformation of physiotherapy services in Midlothian aimed to address some of the challenges faced in general practice. The webinar will cover:
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- An overview of the changes we have made within MSK physiotherapy over the last two years
- The introduction of first contact physiotherapists for MSK conditions
- The role of the core MSK rehabilitation team
- Challenges we have encountered along the way
- Where we are now and next steps.
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Who should attend: Commissioners, MSK service managers, primary care staff.
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Presenters: Debbie Crerar and Jennifer Mulvey, Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership.
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Webinar - What everyone working with back pain needs to know about Cauda equina syndrome
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Friday 21 February 2020, 12.30pm
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Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a rare condition and delays in diagnosis can have devastating and life changing consequences for patients and result in high cost negligence claims. This webinar will be of interest to any health professional treating patients with low back pain, particularly those seeing this patient group in pre-surgical settings. We will cover:
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- Definition of Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Presenting signs and symptoms
- Examination for CES
- Evidence relating to CES
- Pathways of Care
- Medico-legal issues relating to CES
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Thanks to the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists for supporting this webinar. For more information about the MACP and how to join visit https://www.macpweb.org/.
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Webinar - Rheumatology follow ups: Transforming Outpatients
The recording of this webinar is now available to view. The webinar covers:
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- Learning from two decades of patient initiated follow up (Direct Access) for rheumatology patients at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.
- The impact of service redesign for rheumatology in South East London, including telephone consultations and AHP review.
- Improving visibility of disease changes as enabling personalised care through integrating the Remote Monitoring of RA app with the electronic patient record at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.
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Introduced by Sue Brown ARMA CEO and Liam O’Toole, CEO Versus Arthritis, who partnered with ARMA for this flagship lecture, the two presenters Sue Patey and Dr Brendon Stubbs, delivered speeches to an attentive audience of patients, public health, health education and NHS officials…
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PCRMM welcomes Lucy Douglas as the new President
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You may have noticed that the PCR Society is now PCRMM – Primary Care Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Medicine Society. The Society feels that this new name encompasses all of the conditions covered and will encourage more GPs, physios and AHPs to both join the Society and attend the conferences. The PCRMM is pleased to welcome Lucy Douglas as the new President of the PCRMM...
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Shirley Cramer, RSPH: Social prescribing in osteopathic practice
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Osteopaths can, and do, make a positive impact on the public's health. They are focused on prevention and the maintenance of health and wellbeing - so it's natural that osteopaths are considered part of a wider health workforce that can make every contact count. Shirley Cramer, the CEO of Royal Society for Public Health, shares her view of their role…
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NICE guideline on digital and mobile health interventions
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NICE is developing a guideline on Behaviour change: digital and mobile health interventions and ARMA has been invited to register as a stakeholder. If your organisation would like to register as a stakeholder for this guideline, please complete the online registration form which can be accessed via the topic webpage.…
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General Election arthritis pledges
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Versus Arthritis would like to thank everyone who supported their aims during the election campaign: Almost 2,000 people asked their candidates to pledge to champion the needs of people with arthritis; 6,000 emails were sent to candidates across the four nations; hundreds of candidates tweeted and emailed their support.…
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Aspiring to Excellence begins
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In early December the initial cohort of the multi-year service improvement programme Aspiring to Excellence met for their first day of shared learning. The cohort, made up of members of the six teams awarded a place on the programme, began the process of planning for their department’s improvement aims.…
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HMSA out and about
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HMSA Chair, Hannah Ensor, was at St Thomas's Hospital in November, manning an HMSA stand to make contact with a number of staff and patients. Hannah spread the HMSA's awareness and positive self-management approach, and as always, the message was well received and the HMSA gained several new professional followers as a result!
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ARMA Calendar
| 11 Jan 2020 |
BOA Instructional Course |
| 13 Jan 2020 |
HMSA #HypnOT online event |
| 15 Jan 2020 |
SOMM-EPI course: Consultation Effectiveness, online liverpool |
| 16 Jan 2020 |
SOMM-EPI course: Clinical Examination, online liverpool |
| 17 Jan 2020 |
Webinar: What can services in England learn from a Scottish experience? |
| 20 Jan 2020 |
HMSA #HypnOT online event |
| 22 Jan 2020 |
NICE High tibial osteotomy consulatation closes |
| 27 Jan 2020 |
HMSA #HypnOT online event |
| 3 Feb 2020 |
HMSA #HypnOT online event |
| 21 Feb 2020 |
Webinar: Back pain and Cauda equina syndrome |
| 06 March 2020 |
NICE consultation on digital and mobile health interventions closes |
| 30 March 2020 |
MSK Champion programme opens to applications |
| 6-8 April 2020 |
BRS Clinical Training Course: Osteoporosis |
| 26 May 2020 |
NICE Medical Devices Regulation applies |
| 6-8 July 2020 |
Bone Research Society AGM |
| 12-14 Nov 2020 |
PCRMM Society Conference |
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