Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance
Influencing policy and care together for best lifelong musculoskeletal health
Key conditions: everyday musculoskeletal presentations to red flag cases
Wednesday 15th July 2026, 6pm to 9pm
Online via Microsoft Teams
Gain a clear, structured overview of a range of MSK conditions in this three-hour webinar. Learn to recognise mechanical and inflammatory patterns, manage complexity, and identify cases requiring rapid referral. Includes practical guidance, physical activity principles, resource handouts, Q&A, and three CPD points.
Effective consultations digital: examination, diagnosis, and management of musculoskeletal presentations
Tuesday 3rd June 2026, 7pm to 8:45pm (occurring weekly over 4 weeks)
Online via Microsoft Teams
Build confidence in MSK consultations with this four-week interactive online course for primary care. Learn structured approaches to assessment, diagnosis, and communication across common presentations. Includes live webinars, practical discussion, optional homework, digital resources, and 7 CPD points. Ideal for anyone undertaking MSK consultations in busy clinical settings.
The Scottish Report: Improving Care for People Living with Inflammatory Conditions
The new Scotland‑wide survey by NRAS, The Scottish Report, has revealed significant challenges faced by people living with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs), such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, lupus, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis. These are long‑term, often invisible conditions that can affect joints, organs, skin and the bowel, and impact around one in ten people.
The Scottish Report is based on the results of the NRAS survey carried out in Autumn 2025, with over 1,250 respondents from across Scotland.…
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by Adrian Bradley, CEO, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA)
I welcome the new report from Arthritis UK and Deborah Alsina’s powerful blog. It shines a clear light on an issue ARMA and our members have raised consistently: access to care must be based on clinical need, not arbitrary thresholds.
For people living with musculoskeletal conditions, this is not an abstract policy debate. It is about pain, function and the ability to live a full life. When joint replacement is delayed or denied, people don’t just wait.…
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This easy‑read, high‑quality Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) has been developed to support both patients and clinicians following musculoskeletal corticosteroid injection (CSI) in clinical settings. Providing patients with clear, consistent aftercare advice following CSI is recognised as best recommended practice and should form part of standard care.
Key features:
The Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine (SOMM) is hosting a FREE Joint Injection Skills workshop at their HQ in Liverpool on the Wednesday 13th May 2026, 9:30 to 4pm.
It will be an interactive training day, bringing together expert clinicians to provide practical, evidence-based guidance on injection techniques, hyaluronic acid therapy, and ultrasound application in musculoskeletal practice.
Note places are limited and completion of this form does not necessarily guarantee a place in the workshop. A confirmation email will be provided to all delegates to confirm registration.…
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BASRaT has welcomed the news that the PSA is introducing a single set of Regulation Standards to apply to both Accredited Registers and Statutory Regulators. This aligns the standards for BASRaT with regulators including the GMC and HCPC.
The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) is the UK’s independent regulatory oversight body. Working with the PSA, BASRaT regulates and guides Sport Rehabilitators on their role and responsibilities ensuring professional competency and development.
Help the Psoriasis Association recruit for psoriatic arthritis (PsA) studyA new study looking at the development of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is looking for volunteers to take part – all from the comfort of their own home.
The HIPPOCRATES Prospective Observational Study (HPOS), led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with University College Dublin, is part of a wider research project investigating psoriatic arthritis across Europe.
Participants with psoriasis will be monitored over a three-year period to see who develops PsA.…
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Arthritis UK Urges ICBs to Scrap BMI Threshold Policies Used to Ration SurgeriesAlmost a fifth of ICBs in England are rationing joint replacement surgery based on a person’s BMI, an approach that contradicts NICE guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoarthritis.
These policies vary across England, creating a postcode lottery where patients may be denied access to life-changing treatment based on where they live rather than clinical need. Many patients are also required to lose weight before surgery but are not given access to the weight management services needed to do so.…
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NHS England Policy Paper
Published 17 March 2026
We welcome the new Neighbourhood Health Framework because it moves neighbourhood health in the right direction.
That is close to ARMA’s vision of putting the NHS in the context of the places and communities it serves, not treating health as something created by services alone.…
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