Arthritis News & Musculoskeletal News from ARMA's Members

Free webinars from NHS Year of Care Partnerships

Year of Care Partnerships® is promoting a series of free webinars this summer in which they will share learning across a range of topics including proactive care and shared decision making.

The series began on July 17 with a webinar about the systematic implementation of personalised care approaches for planned care, including examples of good practice and lessons for successful implementation.

Using the Year of Care approach to personalised care and support planning to deliver proactive care
Wednesday 14 August 1-2pm

This webinar will share learning and recommendations from the North East North Cumbria ICS proactive care pilot in primary care networks.…

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Managing Persistent Pain e-learning resource

A new e-learning resource available to all healthcare professionals working across roles and sectors in Wales entitled “Managing Persistent Pain”. It has been by launched by Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW).

This package has been developed in collaboration by HEIW, primary care representatives and pharmacy colleagues together with the National Clinical Lead for Persistent Pain. The resource has been developed to encourage healthcare professionals to think more broadly about the management persistent pain rather than focusing on medication and interventions.…

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Will you join us?

by Sue Brown, CEO ARMA

In the last few weeks we have had two new organisations join ARMA – welcome to Lupus UK and National Spine Network. As I write this, I have just received another inquiry about membership so that may soon be three new members.

This is a good time for ARMA’s membership to be growing. I’m writing in the run up to the general election. The airwaves are filled with parties bidding for your vote, making wild claims and undeliverable promises.…

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Health Inequalities – the wider context and challenges to a self-management approach

by Noha Al-Afifi, Interim CEO, Arthritis Action

There’s no doubt from the ARMA Act Now report that the current tough economic environment is exacerbating inequalities in healthcare provision and access. With the scale of the task, it could be easy to get overwhelmed by the challenge. As important is that the report urges all to recognise the wider context and environment in which healthcare sits and to encourage small scale, localised action plans.

Helping both our members and the wider public to take control of their arthritis has inevitably led us to provide resources beyond health advice.…

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NOA launches Strategy for 2024/25

The National Orthopaedic Alliance has launched a strategy and workplan for 2024/25. The newly launched strategy emphasises the role orthopaedics plays in delivering high quality patient care, recognising and celebrating the contributions of orthopaedic professionals, and driving efficiency and productivity enhancements within the field.

“With a general election on the horizon, it’s important that we highlight the invaluable role orthopaedics plays in fostering a healthy and productive population, as well as deploying our collective, multidisciplinary expertise to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing orthopaedics today” said Alice Fabre, NOA Interim Programme Director.…

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Apply for MFSEM Part 1 Exam

Applications are now open for the MFSEM Part 1 Examination.

The MFSEM Part 1 & 2 are the benchmark examinations for those practicing in Sport and Exercise Medicine, and sets the excellent standards for providing clinical care within the specialty.

This examination is the first of two parts which, upon successful completion, currently provides members a route to Membership of the Faculty.

Exam date: 26th September 2024

Eligibility
Candidates must hold a medical qualification that is acceptable to the UK General Medical Council for Full or Provisional Registration or to the Medical Council in Ireland for Full or Temporary Registration.…

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ORUK to co-host MSK Innovation Forum

Orthopaedic Research UK (ORUK) and the National Institute of for Health and Care Research (NIHR) are co- hosting an online MSK Innovation Forum on 19^th July 2024, that will bring together clinicians, engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs to discuss the MSK innovation challenge.

During the forum the NIHR will present the results of a horizon scan identifying emerging MSK medical and digital health and care technologies from around the world. The event will also feature innovation case studies and the opportunity to share best practices and discuss challenges facing MSK innovators.…

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ARMA Welcomes New Members

ARMA is delighted to welcome our two newest members – the National Spine Network and Lupus UK!

The National Spine Network is an active multi-professional collaboration dedicated to the implementation of the best evidence for the management of spinal disorders through the National Back and Radicular Pain Pathway. The strength of the network lies with its members, learning from each other’s vast cumulative knowledge and experience to promote excellence in clinical care.

LUPUS UK is the only national registered charity supporting people with lupus and assisting those approaching diagnosis.…

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New accreditation for SOMM Master’s modules

The Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine’s (SOMM’s) MSc Musculoskeletal Medicine, validated by Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh, is now closed, and the programme will be finishing on 31 August this year.

SOMM is very pleased to announce that its modules have now been credit-rated by QMU at master’s level. The ‘Foundation in Musculoskeletal Medicine’ module has been credit-rated for 60 master’s level credits and the advanced modules, the ‘Theory and Practice of Injection Therapy’, ‘Advancing Practice in Musculoskeletal Medicine’ and ‘Preparation for Teaching Musculoskeletal Medicine’ have each been credit rated at 20 master’s level credits.…

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People’s Experiences of Diagnosis

National Voices has published a new report, People’s experiences of diagnosis, which brings together insights from people with lived experience and members on the entire process of diagnosis – from trying to get an appointment for a diagnostic referral, to undergoing tests, and experiences post-diagnosis.

The report covers the themes of challenges in diagnosis, inequalities in diagnosis, and new innovation in diagnosis, before concluding with nine recommendations for improving patient experience of diagnosis.

These nine recommendations include:

Adjustments and adaptations to enable access
Provide better support while waiting
Listen to the patient
Better communication around diagnosis
Make sure people have a plan
Provide access to support groups
Collect better data to understand the driver of diagnostic health inequalities, and act on it rapidly
Upskill, coordinate and ultimately increase the workforce
Have health equity embedded into new innovations the start

You can read the full report here (pcdn.co)…

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