[Editor’s note: this post was published in March 2020 and has not been updated since. For more up-to-date reading, please refer to this COVID-19 Information page, which has been updated as new data and resources have come to light.]
Many NHS staff who would normally answer calls from patients are redeployed to the fight against coronavirus (covid-19). Patient charities continue to experience high volumes of calls from concerned people with musculoskeletal conditions. Patient charities are responding with specific information and guidance, including virtual Q&A and risk calculators.
Here’s a roundup of some of the online help people can refer to:
Fibromyalgia: www.fmauk.org/coronavirus
Hypermobility Syndromes Association (HMSA): https://www.hypermobility.org/news/covid19-resources
National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (NASS): https://nass.co.uk/news/covid19-coronavirus/
National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS): https://www.nras.org.uk/coronavirus
Scleroderma & Raynaud’s UK (SRUK): https://www.sruk.co.uk/about-us/news/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-advice-our-community/
Versus Arthritis: https://www.versusarthritis.org/news/2020/march/coronavirus-covid-19-what-is-it-and-where-to-go-for-information/