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Impactful learning at the NOA Annual Members’ Conference

The second annual, CPD-certified NOA Annual Members’ Conference was held in Birmingham on 19 October 2022. It was an impactful learning and networking opportunity for the orthopaedic community with over 100 guests in attendance.

The day’s sessions were not only of interest to clinicians and specialist trusts, but covered the entire orthopaedic spectrum and included a wide range of topics: from the national MSK strategy, shared decision-making and women in orthopaedics to data collection, orthopaedic surgical hubs, waiting lists and so much more.…

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iO Digital Convention 2022

This exclusive two-day digital event hosted by the Institute of Osteopathy starts on 25 November 2022. With two keynote sessions and 18 live workshops to choose from covering clinical, business and development topics, you will also have access to over 20 hours of CPD recordings.

During the event you will have exciting opportunities to virtually network and chat with delegates, speakers and exhibitors online.

NHS England Spinal MRI leaflets published

Two new leaflets, one for clinicians and another for patients, which aim to reduce unwarranted variation in requests for MRI scans for spinal conditions are now available from NHS England.

Developed by spinal clinicians in collaboration with lived experience partners and stakeholders, the leaflets support both patients and clinicians when considering whether an MRI scan is appropriate and interpreting the scan report.

The patient leaflet can be shared with patients before or during their MRI scan appointment and radiology departments may also wish to link to the advice leaflet on the spinal MRI report.

MSK Toolkit supporting adolescents and young adults launched

The Musculoskeletal (MSK) Health Toolkit for employers and further education institutions – how to support adolescents and young adults to a better future has been launched.

There are two main aims of the toolkit:

To help employers and FE institutions understand the part they play in preventing MSK conditions;
To set out how they can support young people with chronic MSK conditions to realise their potential, thrive and remain in work or education.

The toolkit was developed in collaboration with the British Society for Rheumatology and the Society of Occupational Medicine alongside clinical experts, patient representative groups, college and university representatives and adolescents and young people themselves.…

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RSPH awards for Good Boost

Swim England and Good Boost won two honours in the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) Awards for their Water Wellbeing programme.

The organisations were announced as winners of the Community Health Development category, followed by the Public Health Minister’s Award which is chosen from the winners of each category.

The Water Wellbeing programme focuses on improving MSK community services in swimming pools, helping make them more inclusive, accessible, and welcoming. The recognition highlights the importance of the programme in improving health and wellbeing in aquatic spaces and the value of data and measurement in delivery, read more here.

NRAS Leicester Mela Event

NRAS was proud to host the first Rheumatoid Arthritis Mela tailored for the South Asian community, which took place at Leicester Racecourse on the 13^th October 2022.

The event had a great representation of healthcare professionals and specialists from the South Asian community who kindly gave their time to share their expertise on the day.

The feedback from those attending found the event incredibly beneficial for their needs.

As with many events that are the first of their kind there has been some great learning that NRAS will take away, which will allow the organisation to better understand how to deliver these types of events for the community in the future.…

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Happy Birthday NRAS!

21 years ago in October, the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society was born.

What an amazing first 21 years it’s been for the society. From that blank piece of paper in Ailsa’s front room to the nationally and internationally acclaimed patient organisation. What will the next 21 years hold for us I wonder? So pleased we were able to mark this significant milestone in the charity’s history last month and you can watch a short montage of the proceedings.
Happy Birthday NRAS, many happy returns!…

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Orthopaedic Research UK and Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowship 2022

Orthopaedic Research UK and Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowship 2022

Orthopaedic Research UK is delighted to be partnering with Daphne Jackson Trust to support returners to MSK research following a career break of two years or more taken for a family, caring or health reason.

Applications are invited for a three-year Daphne Jackson Fellowship co-sponsored by Orthopaedic Research UK to be held at any UK university or research establishment.

The Fellowship is intended for orthopaedic scientists and musculoskeletal allied health professionals who want to return to their research careers.…

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Free ESCAPE-pain programme webinar

The full impact of the pandemic upon musculoskeletal health is clear, with an enormous increase in the number of people with knee, hip and back pain. This forthcoming free ESCAPE-pain together webinar is being held on Thursday 8 December 2022, 10:00 – 13:00 and brings together leisure, community and clinical commissioners and providers interested in forming collaborative partnerships to deliver ESCAPE-pain in their communities.

The webinar will also:

Present the results of a Sport England funded project delivering ESCAPE-pain in leisure and community centres.

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School Toolkit for EDS and JHS

The Hypermobility Syndromes Association gets a lot of questions about children struggling with the return to school, and enquiries from teachers looking to support hypermobile students as we approach half term.

HMSA has prepared the School Toolkit for EDS and JHS to address this need.

You can pick up the printed resource for educators in the HMSA shop, or for more information on how to help, browse the online toolkit that the HMSA launched with EDS UK last year:

https://theschooltoolkit.org/