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ARMA Newsletter April 2022
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A future where no one sees community MSK services as a low priority
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The King’s Fund has just published the results of the British Social Attitudes Survey (BSAR) questions on satisfaction with the NHS. Satisfaction has dropped by 17 percentage points since last year’s survey, with more people now being dissatisfied than satisfied with the NHS. The main reasons are waiting times (for GPs and hospital appointments), staff shortages and that the government does not spend enough money on the NHS. No one with any connection to health services will be surprised by any of this.
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The survey asked about satisfaction with different services, including GPs, A&E, inpatient care, outpatients, and dentistry. There is one area of NHS provision which is missing, and in MSK arguably the most important – community services. The vast majority of those with an MSK condition will not need hospital treatment. Even those who do, need community MSK services too.
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Guest blog: Why we’re talking about strength
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by Karen Middleton, chief executive of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
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The chief medical officer’s recommendation to strengthen on at least two days of the week is sometimes referred to as ‘the forgotten guideline’. It is frequently overlooked in favour of its more aerobic activity-based cousin, not least by healthcare professionals. As a consequence, too few people meet the guideline despite it being critical for quality of life and particularly for people living with a long-term condition.
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The pandemic, which brought high levels of inactivity during lockdowns and other changes in behaviour, has exacerbated what is becoming known in healthcare circles as ‘the deconditioning challenge’.
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Pain Concern and Gloucester Arthritis Trust join ARMA
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We are pleased to warmly welcome two new members to ARMA: Pain Concern and the Gloucestershire Arthritis Trust.
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Pain Concern works to improve the lives of those living in pain and those who care for them. They provide information, support and raise awareness about pain and campaign to improve the provision of pain management services.
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Gloucestershire Arthritis Trust is dedicated to helping the 80,000 people, throughout Gloucestershire, who are affected by the constant pain of arthritis to get their lives back on track. Increasing numbers of local charities like GAT are joining ARMA.
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We look forward to working with both organisations.
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The BestMSK Health Collaborative will be hosting a national programme webinar on Thursday 28 April 4.30pm-6.00pm.
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The webinar will provide an opportunity to understand more about the MSK priorities for 2022/23 and to hear the latest developments from the BestMSK programme including:
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- Newly published primary and community care MSK recovery and transformation guidance toolkit
- High Impact Strategy - updated version for 2022
- Outpatient data overview
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Please register HERE to book your place on the webinar. A detailed agenda will be made available soon.
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ARMA social prescribing resource
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Recently, ARMA published a new resource for social prescribing for musculoskeletal conditions. The resource aims to help link workers make a difference to the lives of people with MSK conditions.
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The resource is split into four sections including mental health, work and education, self-managing musculoskeletal conditions and information about musculoskeletal health.
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The resource includes links to useful programmes and support.
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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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This week is Chiropractic Awareness Week
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Chiropractic Awareness Week, hosted by the British Chiropractic Association, started on Monday 4 April
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Chiropractic Awareness Week (CAW) 2022 will commence on 4 April and this year's theme will be Rigour, Evidence, Relevance: The Future of UK Chiropractic Care and Building Connections with Mainstream Healthcare.
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Ending the lottery for osteoporosis care
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The ROS launches national campaign to end postcode lottery for osteoporosis care and treatment
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The Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) launched a national petition calling for 100% Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) coverage in both England and Wales. This is part of a broader national campaign following a report and recommendations from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Osteoporosis and Bone Health.
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International Osteopathic Healthcare Week
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April 14-20 2022 is International Osteopathic Healthcare Week
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In support of this week-long event, the iO will be running a campaign of health tips and advice from osteopaths on their social media channel ‘Osteopathy for Health’. Follow the campaign on social channels (Twitter) or their website for more information.
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New date for NOA webinar
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NOA Webinar: Learning from never events and serious incidents (SUIs)
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The next National Orthopaedic Alliance (NOA) webinar will take place on 25 May 2022 at 1pm via Zoom. The session will focus on learning from never events and serious incidents. Never events and serious incidents are a cause for concern and anxiety when reported in an organisation.
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Why you should consider yoga
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New Arthritis Action webinar: Why you should consider yoga if you are living with arthritis
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Arthritis Action's Services Development Manager and Dietitian Martin Lau and Yoga and Pilates Instructor Tracy Weare, present the latest webinar for Arthritis Action on the benefits of yoga for people living with arthritis. The webinar includes a 30-minute practical chair-based yoga session …
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New national MSK clinical leads for Wales
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Wales’s new national MSK clinical leads and persistent pain clinical leads have been appointed by Welsh Government and are now in post.
Meinir Jones (Hywel Dda UHB) and Robert Letchford (Cardiff & Vale UHB) have been appointed for arthritis/MSK.
Sue Jeffs (Aneurin Bevan UHB) and Owen Hughes (Powys tHB) have been appointed for pain.
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Online Specialty Series for Paediatric MSK Physiotherapists
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During Orthopaedic Research U.K.’s popular online courses for paediatric orthopaedic physiotherapists, it became obvious that there was a lot of interest in the sub-specialties from clinicians with highly specialised caseloads. In response ORUK is launching the Specialty Series of intensive and focused online courses devoted to particular areas of clinical practice.
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Leadership award for BCA President
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President of the British Chiropractic Association Catherine Quinn, honoured with a prestigious leadership award
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The BCA is delighted to announce to the MSK community that at this year’s Parker Seminars Las Vegas which took place in February, BCA President Catherine Quinn, was awarded their prestigious ‘Women in Leadership 2022’ Award.
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JIA on Airing Pain by Pain Concern
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Coming soon from Pain Concern will be a podcast episode on juvenile arthritis. Watch out for new additions to the Airing Pain programme on the Pain Concern website. Paul Evans, the award-winning producer of the podcast series, was at the Juvenile Arthritis family weekend event in Crieff in March, run by the Scottish Network for Arthritis in Children.
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Get involved in JIA Awareness Week
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After the success of RA Awareness Week, this year NRAS is having its first JIA Awareness week #SameJIADifferentDay, which will run from the 13 to 17 June 2022.
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The staff members at NRAS understand it can be very frustrating for children, young people and even adults with JIA to keep explaining that JIA is a fluctuating condition, and some days …
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Health equality: Equity and endurance
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The King's Fund recently published Equity and endurance: how can we tackle health inequalities this time? The case for tackling health inequalities is clear and overwhelming, it argues. Yet attempts to do so in recent decades have had mixed success, and none have translated into the enduring focus on addressing health inequalities that is needed.
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University of Derby chronic pain study
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Sukhjeen Kaur, a student researcher at the University of Derby is inviting people to take part in an online study which aims to investigate treatment adherence of people living with chronic pain. This will include studying two different populations: White-British and South Asian.
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ARMA chronic pain resources
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Recently, 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 these resources:
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This sets out what ARMA believes should be available in every area for people living with long term pain. Most of this provision needs to be delivered locally, as close as possible to people. We believe that every local health body (ICS, Health Board or Health and Social Care Trust) should have a plan for how this will be delivered. Read the "Core Offer".
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ARMA Chronic Pain Policy Position Paper
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The policy position paper makes recommendations for chronic pain including that more community-based approaches to pain should be developed to meet the needs of people with chronic pain. Multidisciplinary, networked, personalised approaches to pain should be standard.
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ARMA Calendar
| 13 April 2022, 1pm |
NASS Live: Intro to health and wellbeing |
| 14-20 April 2022 |
International Osteopathic Healthcare Week |
| 20 April 2022, 1pm |
NOA Webinar: Learning from never events and serious incidents |
| 20 April 2022, 6pm |
NASS Live: High-Intensity Interval Training |
| 28 April 2022, 4:30pm |
BestMSK Health webinar |
| 4 May 2022 |
FSEM Diploma in MSK Medicine exam |
| 4 May 2022 |
Champions in Primary Care closes to applications |
| 4 May 2022, 10am |
Aspiring to Excellence closes to applications |
| 4 May 2022, 1pm |
NASS Live: Mobility aids around the house |
| 18 May 2022, 1pm |
NASS Live: Somatic movement spinal exercises |
| 13–17 June 2022 |
JIA Awareness Week |
| 17 June 2022 |
#WearPurpleforJIA Day |
| 12–18 Sept 2022 |
RA Awareness Week |
| 19 Oct 2022 |
NOA Annual Members’ Conference, Birmingham |
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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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