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ARMA Newsletter September 2021
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Social prescribing – a vital role in MSK health
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This month I have been working on a resource for social prescribing link workers which ARMA plans to publish in the autumn. It’s made me reflect on what a valuable role link workers can play in MSK health. We know that many people with MSK conditions need support with their mental health or have become lonely or isolated as result of their condition. Added to this they may have other conditions which are harder to manage as a result of their MSK health.
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Link workers can help with all these issues.
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Working in partnership with patients to extend the benefits of pain management programmes
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Guest blog by Dr Michelle Farr, Research Fellow at University of Bristol and the National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West)
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People who experience long-term pain have important insights and strategies that help them manage pain in everyday life. However, they are often not invited to share their knowledge and skills to inform the services that are meant to support them. ARMA has been highlighting the importance of working in partnership with patients and how co-production, where patients and professionals work together, can improve pain services.
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Thinking differently for MSK health
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ARMA virtual conference 2021
Following the success of our virtual conference last year, we will be running this one day event online.
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Musculoskeletal (MSK) services were not realising their potential before the pandemic. As we begin to recover services we have a chance not to go back, but forward to a new way of working – integrated, co-produced, effective. The new NHS England BestMSK Health programme and the planned changes to the NHS give us an opportunity to think differently about how we work across systems to improve the MSK health of the population.
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Join us in December to hear from some great speakers including the Personalised Care Manager, North of England, NHSE/I, the Chief Operating Officer of Barking & Dagenham’s GP Federation and the Head of MSK Together, Mid Notts ICP. Hear how they are all thinking differently and leading MSK services in new directions.
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September is Pain Awareness Month
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September is Pain Awareness Month from The Societal Impact of Pain. Pain Awareness Europe (PAE), in collaboration with other organisations in Europe, is holding an online event on 7 September, 14:00-15:00 CEST (13:00-14:00 British Summer Time). The webinar (in English) will focus on the topic of employment and pain and is open to all interested parties. Join the virtual event with via link.
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There are also some infographics from PAE on ICD-11 and ICF available here.
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Webinar - Services to support people to live well with pain
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17 September 2021, 12.30 – 1.30pm
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Around one person in three experiences chronic pain and for one person in ten that pain significantly interferes with their daily activities. Designing and delivering effective services and support for these people is a significant challenge.
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This webinar will hear from two people who have worked to improve and integrate local pain services. James Watson, Physiotherapy Pain Lead, Integrated MSK and Community Pain Management, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Mohammad Shoiab, Pain Specialist Physiotherapist/Clinical Lead, Connect Health Pain Services
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This webinar is part of the ARMA pain programme which is funded in-part through a charitable donation from Pfizer Ltd. Pfizer have had no say in the content of the programme.
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Get involved in Bone and Joint Week
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12-20 October 2021
What is Bone and Joint Week?
Next month, Bone and Joint Week aims to help get people thinking about one of the most widespread and pressing health issues of our times – musculoskeletal health. Now more than ever, good musculoskeletal health helps our wellbeing get back on track. As we rebuild our activity and how we work, eat and feel, having the best musculoskeletal health helps us live better.
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After more than a year of uncertainly, stress, inactivity, gym and swimming pool closures, weight gain and changed routines, many struggle with their physical and mental health.
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ARMA CEO to speak at Health and Inactivity webinar
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ARMA’s CEO, Sue Brown, along with speakers from Public Health England, Moving Medicine and others, will be speaking at a Health and Inactivity webinar, organised by Why Sports.
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This webinar will discuss and build on new and existing agendas. How do the leading organisations plan to provide better access to support and joined-up services, whilst working with people who live the experience? After all, they are the experts and should be central to how services are designed and delivered.
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ARMA continues to keep its COVID-19 resources page up to date.
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Long COVID and Post-COVID-19 Syndrome training
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e-Learning for Healthcare has published a national training session providing an introduction to long COVID, looking at its definition, common symptoms, investigations as well as the impact it has on adults and children.
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The session is aimed at all clinical staff in the NHS in England, particularly those in primary and community care. Dr Ian Bernstein, Director of Medical Education led the team of authors from Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust.
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Impacts of COVID-19 on deconditioning and falls
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Public Health England has published a report on the wider impacts of COVID-19 on physical activity, deconditioning and falls in older adults.
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The study modelled the likely effect of the decrease in strength and balance activity observed during the pandemic on people who experience a fall, the number of falls and associated health and social care costs.
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Some of the key findings were: 32% of older people were inactive between March to May 2020; this has increased from 27% in the corresponding period in 2019; average duration of strength and balance activity decreased from 126 to 77 minutes per week.
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Long COVID self-management tools
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Physiotherapist Katie Knapton from PhysioFit and Pete Moore from the PainToolkit have co-written a self-management guide for people suffering with Long Covid. This is free and entry-level information to try and help people on the path to recovery.
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Self-management is about working in partnership with your healthcare team, family, friends and work colleagues. The Long Covid Toolkit isn’t supposed to be the last word in self-management, but just to get you started. Self-management is all about taking action.
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NOA webinar speakers confirmed
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NOA Webinar: COVID-19 Recovery Update
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The next National Orthopaedic Alliance webinar will take place on 15 September at 1pm. The session will be an update on orthopaedic COVID-19 recovery across the UK, featuring: Paul Jenkins, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Scottish Committee for Orthopaedic and Trauma (SCOT); Gavan McAlinden, Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Chair of Division, Trauma, Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation; and Val Harvey, Orthopaedic patient.
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Get Ready to SMILE!
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During RA Awareness Week 2021, 13-18 September 2021, NRAS will launch the first in a series of programmes on a new e-learning platform: SMILE-RA.
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SMILE-RA stands for Self-Management Individualised Learning Environment in Rheumatoid Arthritis. SMILE is a unique and engaging e-learning experience for people with RA, and families who want to understand more about RA, its treatments and how to support their loved one.
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AHPs - Tackling health inequalities
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The King’s Fund has worked with AHPs from across the UK to consider their contribution to tackling health inequalities. A framework based on the findings, to which the The Institute of Osteopathy has contributed, has now been published. It includes examples of work in health inequalities, including a service provided by osteopaths in South London.
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NOA Members' Conference
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The NOA will host its first ever Annual Members' Conference on 20 October 2021 in Birmingham. This will be an exciting, action-packed day and will include two main lecture theatres as well as an exhibition and research/audit presentation room.
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The day will also include demonstrations of virtual tele-mentoring, discussions about truly autonomous robotic knee surgery and day case hip and knee surgery plus presentations from many NOA member Trusts.
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New app for virtual group exercise classes
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The pandemic has led to a backlog of people, primarily over 50s, who are in need of support to manage their condition due to a combination of physical inactivity and limited access to non-emergency appointments. Those living with MSK conditions can find it challenging to exercise due to pain, fear of injury and low motivation. However physical activity can help to alleviate symptoms and improve mental health. The VCR project, running for twelve months, will be offering support to people in the form of peer-led, virtual group exercise classes delivered via a mobile app.
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International opportunities and global standards
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Members of BASRaT will soon be able to work abroad thanks to the new international arrangement between ARTI Ireland, BASRaTorg, BOCATC US and CATA Canada. The agreement will enhance skills, practices and education standards of sport rehabilitators and athletic trainers in the UK, Canada, America and Ireland due to the agreement ensuring comparable best practices, quality education and professional standards.
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Pfizer Medical grants for pain research
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Pfizer has issued a request for proposals for their Global Awards for Advancing Chronic Pain Research. Proposals are invited in a range of areas of interest related to osteoarthritis and chronic pain including understanding unmet medical needs and multidisciplinary approaches to management of OA. Application due date: 22 September 2021.
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Health Foundation report: Waiting for care
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Waiting for care: Understanding the pandemic’s effects on people’s health and quality of life looks at how the suspension of routine NHS care has affected people’s health and wellbeing via two case studies – hip replacements and diabetes. In 2020, as a result of the pandemic, 58,000 fewer people than usual had a hip replacement and are therefore waiting.…
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Psoriatic arthritis PSP top ten launched
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The British Psoriatic Arthritis Consortium has worked with the James Lind Alliance to run a priority setting partnership (PSP), and in August launched their 'Top Ten' list of research priorities for psoriatic arthritis. These have been agreed upon by patients, carers and clinicians, and the launch marks the culmination of the psoriatic arthritis PSP research.
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ARMA Calendar
| 1 Sept 2021 |
Pain Awareness Month begins |
| 5 Sept 2021 |
BOA Annual Congress general registration closes |
| 7 Sept 2021, 2pm CEST |
Pain Awareness Europe webinar on employment and pain |
| 9 Sept 2021, 9.30am |
Health and Inactivity webinar by Why Sports |
| 13–18 Sept 2021 |
Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week |
| 15 Sept 2021, 2pm |
VA Core Skills in MSK Care course Session 1 |
| 17 Sept 2021, 12.30 |
Webinar: Services to support people to live well with pain |
| 17-19 Sept 2021 |
CCAA Family Residential Weekend, Peak District |
| 22 Sept 2021 |
Applications due for Pfizer advancing pain research grants |
| 22 Sept 2021, 2pm |
VA Core Skills in MSK Care course Session 2 |
| 21-24 Sept 2021 |
BOA Annual Congress 2021 |
| 29 Sept 2021, 2pm |
VA Core Skills in MSK Care course Session 3 |
| 4-8 Oct 2021 |
BackCare Awareness Week |
| 6 Oct 2021, 2pm |
VA Core Skills in MSK Care course Session 4 |
| 16 Oct 2021 |
World Spine Day |
| 12-20 Oct 2021 |
Bone and Joint Week |
| 20 Oct 2021 |
World Osteoporosis Day |
| 30 Oct 2021 |
NICE Interventional Procedures patient q'aire closes |
| 6 Nov 2021 |
British Chiropractic Association Annual Conference (virtual) |
| 18-19 Nov 2021 |
The PCRMM Annual Conference |
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We know that many people value our newsletter, webinars and the fact that we provide a voice for MSK health. We are increasingly asked: given that our membership is made up of organisations, how can an individual support ARMA? For this reason, we have set up a new supporter scheme.
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