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ARMA Newsletter December 2024
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Season's Greetings
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We wish all our readers seasons greetings and a happy New Year. MSK certainly has a higher profile now than it did at the start of 2024. There’s lots more to do in 2025.
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To all those of you working across the Christmas Break – Thank you.
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We hope all our readers get some time to relax between now and the New Year. We look forward to working with you throughout 2025.
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ARMA responds to NHS 10-Year Plan Consultation
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ARMA has submitted a response to the Government’s consultation on the NHS 10-Year Plan.
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The submission was produced with ARMA members who gave their views in a series of meetings. The response calls for MSK conditions to have the long-overdue acknowledgment and equal footing alongside other long-term conditions and highlights the substantial impact that MSK conditions have on individuals' lives, the NHS and the wider economy.
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ARMA launches Scottish Summary of Act Now Report
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This month the ARMA team was in Edinburgh for the launch of the Scottish summary of the Act Now report.
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Thank you to our amazing panel and all who joined us at the launch event to discuss the report's findings, which highlight MSK health inequalities in Scotland.
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The summary also offers key recommendations for healthcare professionals, services, and local health systems to address these disparities.
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getUBetter - Invention for Innovation
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getUBetter, in partnership with UWE Bristol and NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICS, has secured research funding from the National Institute of Health and Care Research Invention for Innovation programme to provide real-world evidence for national adoption. The funding will further support getUBetter in evaluating the impact of the MSK service on patients, clinicians, and the health system…
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LUPUS Transition to adult care booklet
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Lupus UK Youth is pleased to launch a new booklet to support and prepare young people with lupus during the transition from paediatrics to adult services. It is based on the T-KASH (Transition Knowledge and Skills in Healthcare) model developed by young people with lived experience from Alström Syndrome UK, and includes tips and a workbook format to help young people think through their individual transition journey.
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AI in Orthopaedics conference
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Don’t miss the BOA’s AI in Orthopaedics Conference 2024 - Fundamentals for AI and ML in Orthopaedics and MSK. It takes place on 19th-20th December 2024 at RCS England, and will include practical workshops, key note speeches by AI experts, a Python clinic, plus hands-on coding with your own data.
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Training Orthopaedic Trainers
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The British Orthopaedic Association is running the Training Orthopaedic Trainers (TOTs) course on Monday, March 24th 2025.
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The programme is aimed to improve the standard of teaching for those in trauma and orthopaedic (T&O) training and practice entirely online.
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Collaboration produces new IHP
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JIA@NRAS, Versus Arthritis and CCAA have all together produced a new updated Individual Healthcare Plan (IHP) template for use in schools and with families. The template is specific to children/young people with paediatric rheumatological conditions. It contains plentiful tips and ideas to help support children and young people in school/college/nursery and covers all ages. Members may be interested to take a look and refer families / clinicians as appropriate.
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SOMM looking ahead
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Thinking ahead to a bright New Year, SOMM has a complete schedule of courses ready for 2025, in locations across the U.K.
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A very Happy Christmas to all in ARMA!
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Royal Osteoporosis Society thanks
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The Royal Osteoporosis Society would like to thank all ARMA members for their vital support throughout 2024. Together, we secured a commitment from the UK government to roll out Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) across England by 2030, expanded FLS to all acute Health Boards in Wales alongside a commitment to high-quality osteoporosis care standards, and won a pledge from the Scottish government to conduct a national audit of FLSs.
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We look forward to continuing to work together in 2025.
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Research opportunities
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Joint RCSEd – ORUK Research Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery
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ORUK is partnering with The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) to support advancements in Orthopaedics through this unique research fellowship. Up to £60,000 is available.
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Deadline for applications: 31/12/2024.
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Innovation in MSK: Networking Event
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ORUK is the first MSK charity to actively support start-ups and entrepreneurs, and wants to encourage a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship within MSK health. If you share the charity’s interest in MSK innovation, or have an idea or solution that has the potential to become a new MSK product or service, you may be interested in attending its Unlocking innovation in musculoskeletal health networking event on Tuesday 25th February (2-6pm) in Central London.
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Ensuring data quality in AI webinar
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The next in ORUK’s series of AI-focused webinars will be taking place on 12th February 2025, starting at 9.30am.
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Ensuring data quality in AI: Practical and ethical challenges.
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This webinar will feature experts in data quality and related ethical challenges and focus on addressing common challenges associated with the use of AI in clinical research including data bias, missing data, and ethical concerns.
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ARMA Calendar
| 19-20 Dec 2024 |
BOA's AI in Orthopaedics Conference 2024, RCS England |
| 31 Dec 2024 |
Deadline to apply for Joint RCSEd–ORUK Research Fellowship |
| 3 February 2025, 2pm |
Deadline to apply for Joint NJR/ORUK/RCS England Fellowship |
| 12 February 2025, 9.30am |
Ensuring data quality in AI - ORUK webinar |
| 18 February 2025 |
FSEM Diploma in Exercise Medicine exam sitting |
| 25 February 2025, 2-6pm |
ORUK Innovation in MSK: Networking Event |
| 1 March 2025 |
BOA Ortho Update course 2025 |
| 3 March 2025 |
FSEM Diploma in MSK Medicine applications open |
| 8 March 2025, 9-5pm |
Core Skills in Musculoskeletal Care, Birmingham |
| 24 March 2025 |
ORUK Training Orthopaedic Trainers course |
| 18 April 2025 |
FSEM Diploma in MSK Medicine applications close |
| 15 May 2025 |
NOA Annual Members' Conference, Birmingham |
| 20 May 2025 |
FSEM Diploma in MSK Medicine exam |
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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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