The Kings Fund has produced an explainer on the health of people from ethnic minority groups in England. Whilst this doesn’t include MSK health, it does include several relevant determinants of health including physical activity levels, obesity, healthy diet, socioeconomic inequalities and access to services.
The document concludes that strategies for improving the health of England’s ethnic minority communities need to address the multiple factors that have an impact on their health. It identifies four areas for focus:
- The role of public health and NHS services
- Addressing the wider determinants of health
- Tackling structural racism
- Data
Read the explainer.
The National Orthopaedic Alliance is running a series of webinars:
Join NRAS for their first JIA Zoom event: Coping with JIA during COVID-19. 
In April, loin NRAS for a Zoom event for young people living with JIA: 
See Talia’s story in the BBC article, 15 January 2021: 
We are delighted to welcome a new ARMA member, Physio First.
ARMA continues to keep our COVID-19 resources page up to date. There have been some new resources added in recent weeks and others have become more relevant as the pressure on the NHS increases. Here are some of the key resources to be aware of:-
by Sue Brown, CEO ARMA 
by Clare Jacklin, Chief Executive, National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) 
The Office for National Statistics is consulting on a new measure for health in England, recognising that the nation’s health is an asset – as important to the economy and wider society as it is to the individual. The proposed health index not only measures how healthy people are today but also looks at the wider social and economic circumstances that will influence our – and the next generation’s – ability to live healthy lives in the future. Tracking these indicators over time provides the opportunity to finally look beyond GDP as a sole measure of national success.…