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Arthritis Action launches new three-year strategy

Focusing on improving daily life with arthritis for all

UK Charity Arthritis Action has released its new three-year strategy setting out key objectives to improve daily life with arthritis for all, through self-management. The plan, which builds on its previous 2021-2023 strategy, highlights six key strategic priorities.

Arthritis has traditionally been seen as a condition of older age. Central to Arthritis Action’s aims are to reach more young adults across the UK and support more people in work of all ages.…

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New research identifies lessons for hip replacement procedures

New research study identifies lessons that can be drawn from analysing linked national datasets on revision hip replacement procedures.

Improved planning, smarter resource allocation and above all, better patient outcomes are the aims of this research study led by Mr Richard Holleyman from Newcastle University with funding from Orthopaedic Research UK and the British Hip Society. The study is analysing National Joint Registry datasets on revision hip replacement procedures to identify lessons that can be learnt from surgery outcomes handled by individual consultants across the country.…

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Inaugural winner of the ORUK/Daphne Jackson Fellowship announced

The Daphne Jackson Trust, in partnership with Orthopaedic Research UK (ORUK), is delighted to announce that a three-year Fellowship has been awarded to Dr Nikki Kuiper. She is a highly qualified academic with a biomedical PhD and a long-standing career in the musculoskeletal (MSK) field via a long association with the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic NHS Hospital (RJAH) in Oswestry. Her research will focus on analysing health data on MSK patients, particularly those with knee problems, to find out the period of time from knee surgery to total joint replacement.…

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New opportunities at NRAS

The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) is looking for new colleagues to join their amazing team. NRAS has some great opportunities to join the charity as they embark on an ambitious three-year strategy.

Chief Executive Officer
Head of Services, Delivery & Innovation
Information & Support Coordinator (part time)

Will you help NRAS deliver a vision of ‘Life without limits for those living with RA or JIA’?

If you have a can-do attitude to work and life with the skills we are looking for, you could be just the person they want to hear from.…

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Osteopathy included in key NHS tools

The NHS published a series of free decision-support tools to enhance shared decision-making for patients and practitioners. The tools for both hip and knee osteoarthritis include osteopathy as part of the options for consideration.

See the full list of tools here.

Musculoskeletal orthopaedic approach to referral optimisation

NHS England has published Musculoskeletal orthopaedic approach to referral optimisation, a guidance document developed by the Outpatient Recovery and Transformation Programme (OPRT) and BestMSK Health Collaborative.

This guidance describes the benefits of referral optimisation in adult services managing musculoskeletal conditions, focusing on the use of specialist advice to enable people to be seen by the right person, at the right time and in the right place.

It makes the case for change to sustain high quality care, manage risk and optimise capacity across primary, community and secondary care MSK services.…

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The Handling of People is on general sale

The Handling of People 7^th edition (HOP7) is now available. With over ten years passing since the 6^th edition, it is a long-awaited publication for those working in both emergency and non-emergency healthcare settings.

As a charity with no government funding, BackCare wants to thank those who helped sponsor it, and importantly the editorial team and co-authors who did an amazing job. They adopted an inclusive, cross-professional approach to scoping and synthesising the shape and outline content of the publication with input from a very wide range of contributors and peer reviewers.…

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Airing Pain: Childhood Pain – Adverse Experiences

The new edition of Airing Pain explores the relationship between childhood trauma and chronic pain in adolescence and adulthood. Episode 140 is about how early childhood experiences and trauma in formative years can cause changes on a structural and functional level in the brain that can predispose young people to pain alongside a wide range of health conditions.

It is now available to listen to here.
The full transcript is available online to download, as well as a captioned video on Youtube.…

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NOA Excellence in Orthopaedics Awards 2023

The Birmingham Conference and Events Centre shone brightly on 19^th October as the National Orthopaedic Alliance celebrated outstanding achievements in orthopaedics at the NOA Excellence in Orthopaedics Awards 2023.

This year’s winners demonstrated exceptional dedication and innovation across various categories including: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Supporting Patients On Their Pathway , Partnerships and Integration Initiative, Innovation in Orthopaedics, Working, Towards Net Zero – Greener NHS, Workforce Retention Initiative and Workforce Recruitment Campaign.

3rd Annual NOA Member’s Conference a success

The National Orthopaedic Alliance hosted its Annual Members’ Conference on 19^th October 2023, at the Birmingham Conference & Events Centre. The event, which attracted 130 attendees, provided a platform for the orthopaedic community to engage in insightful discussions, gain knowledge, and foster connections.

Building on the success of the previous year, the conference continued its tradition of bringing together clinicians and healthcare professionals across the orthopaedic spectrum to discuss a wide range of topics, explore innovative strategies, and share best practices. …

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