Event name: Primary Care Rheumatology Society Annual Conference
Date: 16-18th November 2017
Location: Park Inn Hotel, York

Timings: Thursday 16^th November 12 noon – Saturday 18^th November 12.30pm

The annual PCR Conference in York features a highly respected hands-on, friendly educational conference for GPSIs in MSK + Rheumatology and members of the practice team where you can learn from, build contacts and mix with your peers.

This year’s lectures include:

• Nice guidelines on Back Pain, implications for treatment
• Musculoskeletal Evidence Update
• Pain self-management. Is it your first choice or last resort?
• “Sarcopenia- a new look at the muscles in musculoskeletal medicine”

For details of the workshops and a link to the programme, please see the conference flyer.

For booking, visit this link: www.pcrsociety.org/events/124

New RA event in Solihull

NRAS are pleased to announce a FREE Rheumatoid Arthritis event in Solihull taking place on Saturday 16th September. The event takes place at The Village Hotel, Solihull (B90 4JG) and there is plenty of free parking available. Please arrive for refreshments at 13:30 with talks due to start at 13:45 and the event will run until approximately 16:00.
The keynote speaker is Professor Christopher Buckley, DPhil FRCP, Kennedy Professor of Translational Rheumatology, Director of the Birmingham NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical, Research Facility, Director of Clinical Research, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology. Professor Buckley will present “New Treatments for Arthritis: a team based approach.”

There are limited spaces available so please email groups@nras.org.uk to reserve your place!

Free Training – Rheum 2 Talk

Rheum2Talk is a unique FREE interactive training day for rheumatology nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, consultants, registrars, medical students, GPwSI and anyone involved in care of those living with inflammatory arthritis.
This innovative and interactive workshop is designed to enhance your understanding of the emotional and sexual needs of your patients.

The training will take place at Salterns Harbourside Hotel (38 Salterns Way, Poole BH14 8JR) on Wednesday 11th October from 09:00 – 16:30.

If you would like to register to attend please inform us as soon as possible by calling 01628 823 524 or email gill@nras.org.uk. Please also feel free to let your colleagues know about this training event.

The UK’s largest acupuncture association is taking its conferences on the road to Bristol and Edinburgh.

The AACP conferences provide a full day packed with distinguished speakers to educate you in the latest acupuncture research and techniques. All AACP conferences are designed to ensure every delegate learns and develops new techniques in western medical acupuncture that can be applied in their workplace.

Bristol Conference

Date: 23rd September 2017

Location: Holiday Inn Bristol – Filton, Filton Road, Bristol, BS16 1QX

Speakers:

• Sinead McCarthy – Acupuncture in men’s health
• Val Hopwood – UK Acupuncture from a political and historical perspective
• Tianjun Wang – Scalp Acupuncture
• Lesley Pattenden – Low Back Pain
• Tom van Calster – The role and importance of Acupuncture in Musculoskeletal problems – practical demonstration: Treatment of Neck pain.
• Dr Elisa Rossi, MD. – Acupuncture in Paediatrics

Edinburgh Conference

Date: 21^st October 2017

Location: Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh, EH8 9DW

Speakers:

• Cheryl Mason – Acupuncture in Womens Health
• Amos Ziv – Meridian Wave Acupuncture Theory (with practical)
• Marjolijn Visser – Acupuncture as part of western medical treatment
• John R. Cross – Acupressure for Neurological Conditions
• Johnny Wilson – subject TBC

Price:

• £110.00 AACP Members (please log in to apply the members discount)
• £140.00 Non-AACP Members

Visit www.aacp.org.uk/events/conferences to find out more and book your place today!