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ARMA Newsletter October 2023
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Two sides of the same coin: inequalities in healthcare
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ARMA is in the process of writing up the report of our inquiry into the impact of deprivation on MSK health inequalities. Of course, this is not the only factor that impacts on MSK health inequalities. Age, sex, ethnicity and a range of other factors intersect to give the highly unequal picture we see. So I was delighted to be invited to speak at a Kings Fund conference on women’s health.
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MSK proved to be an excellent introduction to the day with many parallels with the rest of the agenda.
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Coproduction - being an effective lived-experience partner
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Webinar
Thursday, 26 October 2023
10 – 11am
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- Are you someone with lived experience of musculoskeletal conditions?
- Would you like to know how to be involved in the design of MSK services?
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Increasingly the NHS is realising the importance of talking to the people who use their services about how to do things better. This can be a simple survey, but can also involve focus groups or directly involving people with lived experience in decision-making meetings.
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If this sounds like something you would like to do but you aren't sure how to make your voice heard, this webinar is for you.
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- More about the different ways people can be involved and what coproduction means.
- What it's like to be involved and tips for making the best use of the opportunity.
- What managers of NHS services want and why they value hearing from you.
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UCB Pharma have provided funding for this initiative. UCB has not influenced or been involved in development of the content of the initiative.
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Bone and Joint Week
Bone and Joint Week 2023 has come to an end. This year, we addressed how MSK health is critical for every aspect of life - focusing on three: Mental Health, The Heart and Circulatory System, and the Social Care system.
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If you want to catch-up on the week, search the hashtag: #BoneandJoint2023 or find out more here.
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MSK Service Improvement - Local meetings
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ARMA has organised a series of meetings for people to discuss ways to improve MSK services in their local areas. Professionals, third sector representatives and people with lived experience of MSK are invited to come along and share thoughts and ideas.
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What does each meeting aim to achieve?
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- Bring together a wide range of stakeholders with an interest in improving or transforming MSK services.
- Share examples of improvement and transformation work happening in the region.
- Identify opportunities for collaboration.
- Identify any barriers to progress and consider ways to address these.
- Consider the system – primary, community, secondary services and wider community aspects.
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Psoriasis Awareness Week 2023
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Psoriasis Awareness Week will run from Sunday 29th October to Friday 3rd of November 2023 and this year’s theme is ‘Talking about Treatments’. How to treat psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis is understandably one of the primary questions asked via our helplines. During the week, we will be looking at ways to access the correct treatment pathways and how people can achieve the best in psoriasis care.
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Psoriasis care information webinar
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Register for FREE webinar – 'Achieving the best in psoriasis care.' The Psoriasis Association and St John's DermAcademy are delighted to collaborate for a fourth year running to bring you 'Achieving the best in psoriasis care', a free webinar of informative talks from experts at the forefront of psoriasis research and practice.
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COVID Shielding Voices report
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In October 2023, the COVID Shielding Voices report was published. Funded by Versus Arthritis and conducted by the Centre for Epidemiology at the University of Manchester, it is a research study about people with autoimmune inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, who shielded during the pandemic. The report has been shared with both the UK and Scottish COVID-19 inquiries.
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The COVID Shielding Voices report captures the depth of people’s experiences of shielding during the pandemic and its long-lasting impact on them, their families, their mental health, and their working lives.…
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Self-management design for women's pelvic health
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Empowering Women's Pelvic Floor Health: The role of co-designed digital self-management support technology across an ICS
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getUBetter is pleased to be hosting a webinar on the 9th of November 2023 at 12:30-1:30pm. Join female leads from SW London and South Yorkshire ICSs as they share their insights and experiences from co-designing with getUBetter a digital self-management support tool to highlight the importance of women’s pelvic floor health and its deployment at scale across their organisations.
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Airing Pain #139 Living with Persistent Pain in Wales
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Pain Concern is promoting the latest edition of their Airing Pain podcast: Airing Pain #139 Living With Persistent Pain in Wales. It was recorded at the Living Well with Persistent Pain in Wales conference during Pain Awareness Month in September 2023. The topic of the conference was the launch of the refreshed persistent pain guidance first published in 2019.
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We know that persistent and chronic pain conditions affect a significant proportion of our population. It’s estimated between 33% and 50% of the population suffer with some form of persistent pain. And that’s up to 1.3 million adults just in Wales.
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NRAS Live: Importance of stress management for RA
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NRAS conducted a recent survey investigating people’s experiences of stress and how it impacts on the onset and/or exacerbation of inflammatory symptoms.
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In this discussion, Clare Jacklin (NRAS CEO) will be presenting the headlines of the survey results and then ask for input from Will Gregory (Consultant Physiotherapist and Clinical Governance Lead Rheumatology Directorate from Salford Royal Hospital) and Sam Norton (Mental Health Researcher at King’s College London) on their impression of the survey results and what rheumatology health professionals could do to support patients more in relation to stress management.…
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Reflections on my life with RA by Ailsa Bosworth, MBE
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NRAS founder and National Patient Champion, Ailsa Bosworth, reflected on her personal journey living with RA in this blog post for World Arthritis Day 2023. Read about her early years, how she was diagnosed, becoming a mother whilst managing the condition and much more in this fascinating read.
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NOA Exhibiting at MSK Conference
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The National Orthopaedic Alliance will be exhibiting at the upcoming MSK Conference at Therapy Expo on 22 and 23 November 2023 at the NEC Birmingham. Are you planning to be there? If so, visit them on stand TM48. This two-day national MSK and multi-professional conference aims to bring the MSK communities together and share some of the latest and most relevant topics in MSK service strategies.…
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Chiro Live 2023 Conference in November
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Following the tremendous success of last year's conference, 'The Homecoming', the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) is back for another in-person event on 18 November 2023 - Chiro Live 2023. The event is a chance for chiropractors, students, and the wider healthcare community to come together to discuss some of the most important issues facing the sector…
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Key Topics in Primary Care Rheumatology and MSK Medicine
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PCRMM CONFERENCE 2023
Friday 10th and Saturday 11th November 2023
Hybrid format - live in York and online
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The PCRMM Society is delighted to announce this year’s PCRMM conference which will take place on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th November 2023. As ever, there has been hard work behind the scenes to prepare a valuable, engaging event.
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Shedding Light on Implant Analysis
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The National Orthopaedic Alliance hosted a webinar in September 2023, titled “Learning from Implant Analysis at Revision Surgery.” This session which was attended by colleagues from Trusts across the country delved into the significant role implant analysis plays in advancing orthopaedic care.
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Chronic pain: What matters to you?
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This research aims to better understand what it means to live with and manage chronic pain, from everyone's perspective. You now have the opportunity to say what matters to you by participating in this survey.
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By answering the questionnaire, you can help overcome some of the current uncertainties and challenges of chronic pain management. Your knowledge will enable the researchers to collaborate closely with patients and patient organizations to develop better care that are meaningful for people living with chronic pain and their families.
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ARMA Calendar
| 25 Oct 2023, 7pm |
NRAS Live: Importance of stress management for those with RA |
| 26 Oct 2023, 6pm |
NASS Facebook Live Pain management |
| 26 Oct 2023, 6pm |
Psoriasis Patient and Public Information event |
| 29 Oct - 3 Nov 2023 |
Psoriasis Awareness Week |
| 31 Oct 2023 |
Closing date for Act on Axial Spa awards |
| 8 Nov 2023, 12–2pm |
MSK service improvement Regional Meeting: Midlands |
| 9 Nov 2023, 12:30-1:30pm |
getUBetter webinar Self-management design for women's pelvic health |
| 15 Nov 2023, 1pm |
NASS Facebook Live Diet and inflammatory arthritis |
| 18 Nov 2023 |
Chiro Live 2023 |
| 22-23 Nov 2023 |
MSK Conference 2023, Therapy Expo, NEC Birmingham |
| 7 March 2024 |
Core Skills in MSK Care course (online) |
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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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