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ARMA Newsletter October 2022
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A week to focus on health equalities
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I was delighted last week to be able to join NHS England’s Health Inequalities Improvement Board to present on the importance of MSK health for equalities. I am also delighted that Bola Owolabi, Director of NHS England’s National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme, has written the guest blog for this issue.
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We’ve chosen to highlight equalities during Bone and Joint Week this year because it is critically important. Poor MSK health contributes to and exacerbates health inequalities. MSK is fundamental to our ability to work, socialise, move, eat a good diet – in fact, all the things that enable us to stay healthy.
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Guest blog: Narrowing the gap
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by Bola Owolabi, Director, National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme
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Health inequalities are unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population, and between different groups within society. They arise because of the conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work and age. These conditions influence how we think, feel and act and can impact both our physical and mental health and wellbeing.
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This #BoneJointWeek I am delighted to see the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance’s commitment to taking action to narrow musculoskeletal health inequalities, particularly with regards to listening to the experiences of underserved communities and working in partnership to improve care.…
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ARMA Annual Lecture 2022
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We are delighted to announce that the annual ARMA lecture will be held on the evening of 11 October 2022, 7-8pm, on the eve of Bone and Joint Week.
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Delivering equitable MSK healthcare: from prevention to highly specialised care
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The prevalence and impact of musculoskeletal conditions are not experienced equally across the population. Musculoskeletal conditions are linked to deprivation, age, are more prevalent in women, and disproportionately affect some minority ethnic groups. The profile of health inequalities is currently high, including the focus in the NHS on the Core 20+ approach. However, MSK gets a low profile in this work. What drives inequalities in MSK health? What can be done to address this?
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Speaker:
Liz Lingard Delivery Partner, System Improvement, NHS England (North East & Yorkshire)
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Followed by panel discussion where Liz will be joined by:
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- Asim Suleman, GPwER Pain Management
- Jane Taylor who was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis aged 26 and is an ARMA trustee
This year the lecture will be virtual with unlimited numbers able to watch on Zoom.
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We would like to thank our lead sponsor Cemplicity and our supporting sponsors the Royal College of Podiatry, Society of Sport Therapists, Royal College of Chiropractors and British Association of Sport Rehabilitators for their support of this event.
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Could you be ARMA’s next Public Affairs and Communications Officer?
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Public Affairs & Communications Officer
Part time, 17.5 hours per week
£32,418 - £34,209 pro-rata + homeworking allowance.
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An opportunity to join a small charity which punches above its weight, influencing policy and care for lifelong musculoskeletal (MSK) health.
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The Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA) is looking for a highly motivated, excellent communicator who can support and deliver our strategic plan by leading on our public affairs and communication work. ARMA is a growing alliance with high levels of influence and engagement in key policy areas, such as the NHS England Best MSK Health Programme. Working alongside our experienced CEO, this is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to gain valuable experience to further their career.
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This position is 17.5 hours per week and is home based.
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The Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA) exists to improve MSK services. We are a membership organisation which brings together patient charities, research and healthcare professional organisations working in musculoskeletal health. Working together as an alliance we have a powerful voice to influence policy and improve standards of care across the UK.
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You will be maintaining and developing communications with our members and key external stakeholders as well as supporting the CEO in public affairs and policy work. Your days will be interesting and varied, including chairing our regular policy and communications meetings, ensuring our website and newsletters are engaging and relevant, leading on communication through social media, and supporting ARMA events. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, lots of drive and enthusiasm and a demonstrable ability to take responsibility for their own workload.
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Full job description, including the experience and skill set required. Please apply with a copy of your CV and a covering letter setting out how you meet the criteria in the person specification to sbrown@arma.uk.net by noon on Monday 10 October 2022.
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Bone and Joint Week – Let’s take action on #MSKEquality
What is Bone and Joint Week?
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This month, it’s Bone and Joint Week, a collaborative campaign, aiming to help get people thinking about one of the most widespread and pressing health issues of our times – musculoskeletal health. This year the focus is on increasing health equality in musculoskeletal health.
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Increasing musculoskeletal health equality
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For some people in the UK there are still unfair and avoidable inequalities in their musculoskeletal health and in their access to and experiences of health services.
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We can drive change by listening to and focussing on the most excluded communities so that there is equity in access, experiences and outcomes. We can drive change by working together.
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During Bone and Joint Week we are encouraging you to:
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- Retweet our daily infographics
- Print and pose! Print out our support message and pose for a selfie and tweet!
- Download our page of recommendations for MSK equality.
- See our resources page on MSK health equality.
- See the MSK health equality case studies.
- See free learning resources.
Everyone can get involved in Bone and Joint Week. It’s a social media-led campaign using #BoneJointWeek and #MSKEquality, so getting involved is easy, with daily infographics that can be retweeted.
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So add the date to your calendar, look out for our infographics and hashtags #BoneJointWeek and #MSKEquality on Twitter and visit arma.uk.net/bonejointweek.
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MSK health inequalities resources
In common with other health conditions, there are significant health inequalities in MSK. Addressing this is one of ARMA’s priorities. There is a lot of information about health inequalities, but finding MSK specific information is harder.
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To help those with an interest in tackling MSK health inequalities, we have created a resource page to signpost to the most relevant and useful resources and information specifically about MSK health inequalities.
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The resource is not intended as an exhaustive list of research on MSK health inequalities. We have prioritised those which have a UK focus, which draw useful findings or are most likely to be of value to those trying to address health inequalities. We have included some resources related to pain since this is a very significant aspect of long term MSK conditions.
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Key MSK COVID-19 resources
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ARMA continues to keep its COVID-19 resources page up to date.
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Members' news
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Sharing pain podcast episode
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Pain Concern would like to announce their new podcast episode, Sharing pain - how group consultations can help with long COVID and other conditions. Episode description: Airing Pain producer, Paul Evans, spoke to doctors and patients at Berkshire Pain Clinic and Woodley Centre Surgery about managing the symptoms of Long COVID, the importance of group consultations…
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AI in Orthopaedics Policy Paper
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ORUK’s AI in Orthopaedics Policy Paper was launched at its AI in Orthopaedics conference at the Royal College of Surgeons of England – the first national conference in the UK dedicated to the role of AI within orthopaedics. The paper makes a case for the important role that AI can play in improving clinical performance and patient outcomes…
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School Toolkit for EDS and JHS
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The Hypermobility Syndromes Association gets a lot of questions about children struggling with the return to school, and enquiries from teachers looking to support hypermobile students as we approach half term. HMSA has prepared the School Toolkit for EDS and JHS to address this need. You can pick up the printed resource for educators in the HMSA shop …
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Speeding up MRI, CT and ultrasound scan timings
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Sport Rehabilitators can now request scans directly from their clinic system. All BASRaT registered Sport Rehabilitators currently receive Rehab Guru software which is a home exercise prescribing and client management platform. The system has teamed up with scan.com to schedule scans directly.
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Patients can be referred for an MRI, ultrasound or CT scan, they then choose a scanning centre, price and appointment time that suits them.…
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NASS launches Rheum for Improvement podcast
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NASS launches CPD accredited podcast that champions service improvement in axial SpA care.
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Rheum for Improvement - the podcast dedicated to service improvement in axial SpA care - is here! The CPD accredited podcast is brought to you by the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (NASS) and offers a peer-to-peer learning experience that you can access from the comfort of your own home.…
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NOA Webinar: ‘Human Factors Training and Patient Safety’
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The next NOA webinar will look at Human Factors Training and Patient Safety. It will highlight the successes and challenges of setting up and developing a service as well as give an overview of human factors and ergonomics, its relevance and role in improving patient safety and how it has been embedded at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.
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Date: 2 November 2022
Time: 12pm – 1:15pm
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ARMA CEO in speaker line up for NOA Conference
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The National Orthopaedic Alliance (NOA) Annual Members' Conference takes place on 19 October 2022 from 9am - 5pm at The Eastside Rooms, Birmingham.
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Registration is now open and staff from NOA member organisations are invited to attend. ARMA CEO, Sue Brown, joins the line-up of speakers alongside Dr Chloe Stewart in a presentation focussed on 'The Value of Shared Decision Making'.
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#RAFactOrFiction Quiz
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RA Awareness Week took place on 12-17 September, and the theme this year was to dispel the myths that surround living with Rheumatoid Arthritis, with a brand new #RAFactOrFiction quiz.
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NRAS needs your help to spread awareness of the condition, and you can do this by sharing the #RAFactOrFiction quiz with your friends and family, to help people understand more about the condition and the impact it has on people’s lives.…
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A Conversation with Sheila Hancock
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During RA Awareness Week, NRAS CEO Clare Jacklin was joined in conversation by actress Sheila Hancock.
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You can watch now to see Sheila speak about current affairs, her acting career and her life living with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Mela event
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Join NRAS on 13 October 2022, 9:30am-4:00pm, at Leicester Racecourse for the Rheumatoid Arthritis Mela event for the South Asian community.
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The event is open to anyone who has rheumatoid arthritis, as well as their family members, friends or carers. You’ll have an opportunity to talk to others with the condition, hear from our guest speakers and health professionals in attendance.
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PCRMM NMAHPPS webinar in clinical research
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PCRMM Webinar 'NMAHPPS in clinical research and quality improvement – how to get involved'
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25 October 2022, 7.15 – 8.30pm
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This extremely beneficial and interesting webinar is being given by Emma Sutton and Caroline Miller. Are you interested in leading your own research? Do you want to know how to write a winning abstract or poster? Come and learn how to present your fantastic service evaluation, quality improvement project or research clearly and make an impact.…
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PCRMM Annual Conference 2022 programme
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MSK Across Multi-Disciplinary First Contact Care
11 and 12 November 2022
ONLINE
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The Primary Care Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine Society is delighted to announce this year’s conference. The success of past conferences engenders motivation for the Society to try and improve each year and offer more of what will educate, stimulate and benefit you all.…
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Edgar Stene 2023 Competition
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The EULAR Edgar Stene Prize Competition runs yearly in memory and honour of the late Edgar W. Stene, who had severe ankylosing spondylitis. First prize is EUR 1,000, including a travel bursary to attend the EULAR Congress 2023. Second prize is EUR 700 and Third is EUR 300.
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The competition has now launched for 2023 with entries called on the topic:
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“How better communication with my doctor improved my life with an RMD”.
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NICE update on falls prevention guideline
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NICE guideline on Falls: assessment and prevention in older people and people 50 and over at higher risk (update)
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Fibromyalgia healthcare research
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A new research study aims to better understand how people with Fibromyalgia experience healthcare. In particular the impact of having the diagnosis and any experience of stigma within the health services. The study is open to anyone over 18 with Fibromyalgia and is being carried out by the University of Sheffield alongside the University Medical Centre Groningen (NL) and Pain Alliance Europe. For full details on how to participate please see the project website.
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FOREUM calls for research proposals on e-Health
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E-Health concerns the use of information technology to deliver the efficacy and improvement of health care systems and services. FOREUM (Foundation for Research in Rheumatology) has launched a call for research proposals on e-Health that focus on stimulating application-driven research and innovations that can improve both individual and population health of people living with RMDs.…
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National Hip Fracture Database annual report 2022
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The National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) 2022 annual report has been published and encompasses the whole of 2020 and 2021, to demonstrate how care compares with that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on the detailed analysis of the six key performance indicators (KPIs) in the previous report, it seeks to look forward with innovations including new KPIs designed to examine the very first and final stages of each patient’s care pathway. …
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ARMA chronic pain resources
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Earlier this year, ARMA published a suite of chronic pain resources to address the 15.5 million people and 81% of people with a musculoskeletal condition reporting being in chronic pain. Chronic (persistent or long-lasting or recurrent) pain is life-changing and can affect all parts of life. Chronic pain is linked to deprivation and health inequalities. For these reasons, chronic pain is important to the ARMA alliance of members.
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ARMA members have collaborated to produce the resources available on our Pain and MSK page.
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ARMA Calendar
| 4 Oct 2022, 6pm |
NASS Facebook Live Yoga for SIJ pain |
| 5 Oct 2022 |
Royal College of Chiropractors webinar: Nutrition for MSK Health |
| 5 Oct 2022 |
Meditation & Mindfulness, NRAS wellbeing course |
| 10 Oct 2022 |
Nutrition & Diet, NRAS wellbeing course |
| 10 Oct 2022, 12pm |
Applications close for ARMA Public Affairs & Comms Officer |
| 11 Oct 2022, 6pm |
NASS Facebook Live HIIT (seated and standing) |
| 11 Oct 2022, 7pm |
ARMA lecture |
| 13 Oct 2022, 9:30am-4pm |
Rheumatoid Arthritis Mela event, Leicester |
| 18 Oct 2022 |
Webinar to discuss NHFD annual report |
| 19 Oct 2022 |
NOA Annual Members’ Conference, Birmingham |
| 19 Oct 2022, 1pm |
NASS Facebook Live Tracking your axial SpA symptoms |
| 20 Oct 2022, 6:30-8:30pm |
Is it inflammatory arthritis or fibromyalgia syndrome, or both? |
| 25 Oct 2022, 7.15–8.30pm |
PCRMM webinar NMAHPPS in clinical research and quality improvement |
| 26 Oct 2022, 1pm |
NASS Facebook Live Managing your axial SpA when living alone |
| 2 Nov 2022, 12-1:15pm |
NOA Webinar: Human Factors Training and Patient Safety |
| 2 Nov 2022, 1pm |
NASS Facebook Live Sports and axial SpA |
| 2 Nov 2022 6:30-8:30pm |
Core Skills in MSK care digital (4 weeks) course |
| 5–6 Nov 2022 |
BCA Conference 2022 |
| 6 Nov 2022 |
Deadline for FOREUM e-health study proposals |
| 7 Nov 2022 |
Versus Arthritis Fatigue evidence review application deadline |
| 9 Nov 2022 |
Versus Arthritis Priorites 2023 funding application deadline |
| 11–12 Nov 2022 |
PCRMM Annual Conference 2022 |
| 16 Nov 2022, 1pm |
NASS Facebook Live Somatics taster session |
| 23–24 Nov 2022 |
Therapy Expo and MSK 2022 |
| 29 Nov 2022, 1pm |
NASS Facebook Live Update on Making it Work research |
| 30 Nov 2022, 6:30-8:30pm |
Managing chronic pain in primary care course |
| 5 Dec 2022 |
Deadline for Edgar Stene Prize essays to ARMA |
| 7 Dec 2022, 1pm |
NASS Facebook Live Pilates taster session |
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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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