The Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) has launched a new Bone Health Accreditation Scheme, which is aiming to help people to make good choices for their bones by displaying a ‘Bone Health Approved’ logo on products.
A wide range of products and services can now apply to the use the logo on their packaging and marketing materials, including foods, beverages, supplements and living aids. ROS bone health experts will then assess the claims that a product is making about bone health, and once approved, organisations can use the logo to show that their product or service is good for bones.…
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The ESCAPE-pain programme, which stands for Enabling Self-Management and Coping with Arthritic Pain using Exercise (ESCAPE), was developed by Professor Mike Hurley at St George’s University of London and Kingston University to help people with knee, hip and back pain. In 2013 it was identified as a local innovation that was ready for adoption by the Health Innovation Network (HIN), the Academic Health Science Network for south London.… 
The way NHS services are delivered is changing. Part of this is the development of place-based partnerships which will cover a geographical area smaller than an integrated care system (ICS). These will play a key role in integrating care and improving population health, which needs to happen more locally. The King’s Fund has produced a report on place-based partnerships to outline how this is happening and to provide local health and care leaders with a set of principles to support their approach to working at place.… 
SOMM’s Diploma in Musculoskeletal Medicine plus a Top-Up Day has been accredited as Stage 1 of the Health Education England (HEE) FCP Roadmap! 
Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) are aiming to understand chronic pain experiences in and out of the UK’s current lockdown. Individuals are invited to participate in the survey.
Summary of article published in Rheumatology Advances in Practice on 5 January, 2021