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ARMA Newsletter June 2023
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Why ICBs must prioritise MSK (and what you can do to help)
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My own local ICS, like many others, has the following ambition in its current strategic plan: “To eradicate the gap in healthy life expectancy between NECN ICS and the rest of the country”. The strategy contains one mention of improving access to MSK services and two local examples of work to achieve this. It’s not enough, and here’s why.
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On 1 June, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) published a report on understanding the drivers of healthy life expectancy. This shows just how important MSK is to that ambition to improve healthy life expectancy. I’m asking you all to help us drive home that message to every ICB.
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Economic Growth and Increased Productivity: Boosting the MSK Health of the Working Nation
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Guest blog by Dr Arash Angadji, Chief Executive, Orthopaedic Research UK
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The nation has a musculoskeletal (MSK) problem. As a society we have tended to focus on MSK issues relating to the ageing population, but the latest figures on the number of people not working in the UK due to long-term sickness (including poor MSK health) highlight how we need to start thinking of poor MSK health as a multi-generational challenge. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), more than two and a half million people are currently unemployed due to health-related issues, including back and neck pain. The government has responded with a Call for Evidence, designed to capture a wide range of perspectives on the prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and management of a range of serious health conditions including MSK disorders. Getting people back to work is central to its plans for economic growth.
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ARMA welcomes new associate member Cemplicity!
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"Cemplicity is a group of passionate individuals dedicated to moving the world towards a patient-centric health system that is self-sustaining and inclusive. We work side-by-side with care teams to extract insights that can only come from the patient. This insight helps us to better understand how patients are experiencing and responding to care.
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"Our healthcare-specific technology, allied with our team’s industry-leading expertise, makes it easy for healthcare organisations to action improvement through patient feedback and make better clinical and operational decisions.
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"Within MSK we support both public and private providers to take an evidence-based approach to patient feedback, ensuring every voice is heard and the quality of the MSK service is better understood, as told by those who need it most."
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The Future of Remote Monitoring & RA
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NRAS Live: Remote Monitoring with King’s Improvement Science
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Join NRAS on Wednesday 28th June 2023 for a discussion with King’s Improvement Science about their new remote monitoring system and how this may help the RA community.
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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease which causes pain and inflammation, affecting around 1% of the UK population. The traditional appointments system, with face-to-face appointments at fixed intervals, can mean that patients struggle to access care when they need it most – when they are having a ‘flare’, or increase in symptoms.
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JIA Awareness Week #BustingJIAMyths 3-7 July
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The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) is proud to announce the launch of 2023’s Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Awareness Week (JIA AW) from 3-7 July 2023.
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For JIAAW 2023 the theme is #BustingJIAMyths, focusing on dispelling the myths that surround this currently incurable invisible condition. The JIA community, people living with JIA, their families/carers and Healthcare professionals are only too aware of the misconceptions that other people can have around inflammatory arthritis, and we want to spread awareness to raise the profile of this condition with a ‘JIA Mythbuster’ quiz that all can take part in.
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Where Dermatology Meets Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal
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Course and Conference, Wednesday 21 June 2023 Cavendish Conference Centre, London
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Following on from the hugely successful ‘Where Dermatology Meets’ conference last year, the Primary Care Dermatology Society (PCDS) has joined forces with the Primary Care Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine Society (PCRMM) to deliver an exclusive dual specialty conference for all members of the primary healthcare team.
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Sign joint letter to end the postcode lottery for FLS care
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The Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) is asking healthcare professionals to sign a joint letter to be published in the Sunday Express calling for an end to the postcode lottery for Fracture Liaison Services (FLS).
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If you are a healthcare professional, you can sign the letter here, and the ROS would be very grateful if you could share it with other healthcare professionals through your organisation.
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ORUK's MSK for the Workplace programme
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Orthopaedic Research UK (ORUK), in association with the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA) has launched the MSK for the Workplace programme, focused on improving the MSK health of the working age population. It follows recent news that more than 2.5 million people are currently unemployed in the UK due to health-related issues, including back and neck pain, at a time when the government has made it clear that getting people back to work is central to its plans for economic growth.
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Booking is open for Chiro Live 2023
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Book your ticket to the British Chiropractic Association's annual conference – Saturday 18 November 2023.
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It is with great pleasure that the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) announces to the MSK community that booking for their annual conference, Chiro Live 2023, is now officially open. The event will take place on Saturday 18 November at The Vox, Birmingham.
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Attendees can book their tickets at an early bird rate until Friday 16 June 2023…
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The role of osteopaths in early DCM diagnosis
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The results of a study recently published in the JMIR, has concluded that given that osteopaths are a workforce professionally trained to examine musculoskeletal disease, they could have an important role in accelerating access to timely diagnosis and treatment of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM).
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DCM presents significant diagnosis and timely treatment challenges. Exploring these challenges, it had been observed that those with suspected or undiagnosed DCM frequently consult osteopaths for care for their symptoms.
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NOA membership virtual information session
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Virtual Event
13 July 2023 at 12pm-1:30pm
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Are you part of an organisation that is not yet a member of the National Orthopaedic Alliance (NOA)? Join the NOA for an informative virtual lunchtime session on Zoom to learn more about the Alliance and discover the advantages of becoming a member of a network of orthopaedic providers.
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The session will describe how you can expand your professional network, access valuable resources, and contribute to the advancement of orthopaedic care.
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NOA Annual Members Conference 2023
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Registration is now open for the third annual NOA Annual Members' Conference taking place on 19 October 2023, 8:30am - 4:30pm at Birmingham Conference and Events Centre, Birmingham.
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Confirmed speakers include National Clinical Director for MSK, Andy Bennett, National Director for Clinical Improvement and Elective Recovery, Professor Tim Briggs, ARMA CEO, Sue Brown and many more.
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Topics covered at this year's conference include: NHSEI MSK strategy, Equity, diversity & inclusion in orthopaedics, Nursing in orthopaedics, NOA Excellence in Orthopaedics Awards finalist projects and more.
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ARMA Calendar
| 21 June 2023 |
PCRMM & PCDS: Where Dermatology Meets Rheumatology & MSK |
| 28 June 2023 |
NRAS Live: Remote Monitoring with King’s Improvement Science |
| 30 June-2 July 2023 |
CCAA Family Support Weekend, Hooke Court, West Dorset |
| 3–5 July 2023 |
BSPRM-BASCIS Annual Scientific Conference |
| 3–7 July 2023 |
JIA-at-NRAS JIA Awareness Week |
| 13 July 2023, 12pm-1:30pm |
NOA membership virtual information session |
| 11–17 Sept 2023 |
NRAS RA Awareness Week |
| 22-24 Sept 2023 |
CCAA Family Support Weekend, Hollowford Centre, Peak District |
| 19 Oct 2023 |
NOA Annual Members' Conference, Birmingham |
| 20–21 Oct 2023 |
International Osteopathy Convention 2023, London |
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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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