Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance
Influencing policy and care together for best lifelong musculoskeletal health
PCRMM Webinar ‘NMAHPPS in clinical research and quality improvement – how to get involved’
25 October 2022, 7.15 – 8.30pm
This extremely beneficial and interesting webinar is being given by Emma Sutton and Caroline Miller. Are you interested in leading your own research? Do you want to know how to write a winning abstract or poster? Come and learn how to present your fantastic service evaluation, quality improvement project or research clearly and make an impact.
NASS launches CPD accredited podcast that champions service improvement in axial SpA care.
Rheum for Improvement – the podcast dedicated to service improvement in axial SpA care – is here! The CPD accredited podcast is brought to you by the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (NASS) and offers a peer-to-peer learning experience that you can access from the comfort of your own home.
In each episode, hosts Lucy Davies (Deputy Director at the NHS Transformation Unit) and Hasan Tahir (Rheumatologist at Royal Free London) meet health care professionals from across the UK who are part of the Aspiring to Excellence programme and have been a driving force for change in their department.…
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The next NOA webinar will look at Human Factors Training and Patient Safety. It will highlight the successes and challenges of setting up and developing a service as well as give an overview of human factors and ergonomics, its relevance and role in improving patient safety and how it has been embedded at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.
Date: 2 November 2022
Time: 12pm – 1:15pm
Speakers:
ORUK’s AI in Orthopaedics Policy Paper was launched at its AI in Orthopaedics conference at the Royal College of Surgeons of England – the first national conference in the UK dedicated to the role of AI within orthopaedics.
The paper makes a case for the important role that AI can play in improving clinical performance and patient outcomes, especially when used to analyse and interpret the vast amount of data that is generated within orthopaedics.
Read more and download from oruk.org…
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The EULAR Edgar Stene Prize Competition runs yearly in memory and honour of the late Edgar W. Stene, who had severe ankylosing spondylitis. First prize is EUR 1,000, including a travel bursary to attend the EULAR Congress 2023. Second prize is EUR 700 and Third is EUR 300.
The competition has now launched for 2023 with entries called on the topic:
“How better communication with my doctor improved my life with an RMD”.
EULAR PARE are encouraging people to write about their personal experiences on the topics and answering the questions:
We are delighted to announce that the annual ARMA lecture will be held on the evening of 11 October 2022, 7-8pm, on the eve of Bone and Joint Week.
The prevalence and impact of musculoskeletal conditions are not experienced equally across the population. Musculoskeletal conditions are linked to deprivation, age, are more prevalent in women, and disproportionately affect some minority ethnic groups. The profile of health inequalities is currently high, including the focus in the NHS on the Core 20+ approach.…
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RA Awareness Week took place on 12-17 September, and the theme this year was to dispel the myths that surround living with Rheumatoid Arthritis, with a brand new #RAFactOrFiction quiz.
NRAS needs your help to spread awareness of the condition, and you can do this by sharing the #RAFactOrFiction quiz with your friends and family, to help people understand more about the condition and the impact it has on people’s lives.
We know that those of you in the RA community are only too aware of the misconceptions that other people can have around inflammatory arthritis, so this quiz has been designed to educate the general public about the condition.…
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During RA Awareness Week, NRAS CEO Clare Jacklin was joined in conversation by actress Sheila Hancock. You can watch now to see Sheila speak about current affairs, her acting career and her life living with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Pain Concern would like to announce their new podcast episode, Sharing pain – how group consultations can help with long COVID and other conditions.
Episode description: Airing Pain producer, Paul Evans, spoke to doctors and patients at Berkshire Pain Clinic and Woodley Centre Surgery about managing the symptoms of Long COVID, the importance of group consultations and the similarities between Long COVID and other chronic conditions. The episode also explores the multi-disciplinary approach at the clinic, and includes interviews with a range of medical staff on how they help people to manage their symptoms.…
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The National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) 2022 annual report has been published and encompasses the whole of 2020 and 2021, to demonstrate how care compares with that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on the detailed analysis of the six key performance indicators (KPIs) in the previous report, it seeks to look forward with innovations including new KPIs designed to examine the very first and final stages of each patient’s care pathway.
This year the report focuses on how hospitals can best make use of the data to improve care through quality improvement, including how to identify areas of improvement using the new quarterly governance tool.…
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