Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance
Influencing policy and care together for best lifelong musculoskeletal health
Health Education England and the Institute of Osteopathy have published a quick guide to support the understanding of the value that osteopaths can bring to productive NHS services.
The guide, which looks to facilitate the best use of the multi-professional workforce, is aimed at clinical leads, workforce leads, operational managers and any senior leaders who are involved in workforce development.
NASS hosting Facebook Live with BSR on latest medication guidance during pregnancy and breastfeeding
The British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) will be live on the NASS Facebook page at 1pm, 15 December 2022 to explain the latest guidance on medication for inflammatory arthritis when you’re trying for a baby, pregnant or breastfeeding. The video will stay on the Facebook page and be uploaded to the NASS website afterwards.
Watch the video here on Facebook from 15 December.
In November, ARMA sent a letter to the Chancellor on behalf of all the organisations supporting those who live with MSK conditions. The letter outlined the impact of the cost of living crisis and considerations for his tax and spending decisions.
This autumn/winter, flu vaccination and COVID-19 boosters will be critical to maximising uptake of both vaccines amongst eligible groups.
An integrated campaign will encourage uptake by signalling the importance of both vaccines and informing the public about the threat of both viruses circulating this winter, to overcome barriers and remind people of the benefits of vaccines.
Eligible cohorts for the COVID-19 autumn booster vaccine:
Eligible cohorts for the free flu vaccine:
The second annual, CPD-certified NOA Annual Members’ Conference was held in Birmingham on 19 October 2022. It was an impactful learning and networking opportunity for the orthopaedic community with over 100 guests in attendance.
The day’s sessions were not only of interest to clinicians and specialist trusts, but covered the entire orthopaedic spectrum and included a wide range of topics: from the national MSK strategy, shared decision-making and women in orthopaedics to data collection, orthopaedic surgical hubs, waiting lists and so much more.…
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This exclusive two-day digital event hosted by the Institute of Osteopathy starts on 25 November 2022. With two keynote sessions and 18 live workshops to choose from covering clinical, business and development topics, you will also have access to over 20 hours of CPD recordings.
During the event you will have exciting opportunities to virtually network and chat with delegates, speakers and exhibitors online.
Two new leaflets, one for clinicians and another for patients, which aim to reduce unwarranted variation in requests for MRI scans for spinal conditions are now available from NHS England.
Developed by spinal clinicians in collaboration with lived experience partners and stakeholders, the leaflets support both patients and clinicians when considering whether an MRI scan is appropriate and interpreting the scan report.
The patient leaflet can be shared with patients before or during their MRI scan appointment and radiology departments may also wish to link to the advice leaflet on the spinal MRI report.
The Musculoskeletal (MSK) Health Toolkit for employers and further education institutions – how to support adolescents and young adults to a better future has been launched.
There are two main aims of the toolkit:
The toolkit was developed in collaboration with the British Society for Rheumatology and the Society of Occupational Medicine alongside clinical experts, patient representative groups, college and university representatives and adolescents and young people themselves.…
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Swim England and Good Boost won two honours in the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) Awards for their Water Wellbeing programme.
The organisations were announced as winners of the Community Health Development category, followed by the Public Health Minister’s Award which is chosen from the winners of each category.
The Water Wellbeing programme focuses on improving MSK community services in swimming pools, helping make them more inclusive, accessible, and welcoming. The recognition highlights the importance of the programme in improving health and wellbeing in aquatic spaces and the value of data and measurement in delivery, read more here.
NRAS was proud to host the first Rheumatoid Arthritis Mela tailored for the South Asian community, which took place at Leicester Racecourse on the 13th October 2022.
The event had a great representation of healthcare professionals and specialists from the South Asian community who kindly gave their time to share their expertise on the day.
The feedback from those attending found the event incredibly beneficial for their needs.
As with many events that are the first of their kind there has been some great learning that NRAS will take away, which will allow the organisation to better understand how to deliver these types of events for the community in the future.…
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