Category: Arthritis News

NRAS 3-Year Strategy survey

The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) is gearing up to launch its groundbreaking three-year strategy in 2025. To make sure this strategy truly reflects the needs and aspirations of those it serves, NRAS teamed up with TwoCan Associates to conduct an insightful survey.

By gathering the invaluable perspectives of people living with RA and JIA, as well as health professionals, NRAS is ensuring that its future initiatives will be impactful, inclusive, and driven by real-world experiences.

You can see the full report here.

Royal Osteoporosis Society thanks

ROS logoThe Royal Osteoporosis Society would like to thank all ARMA members for their vital support throughout 2024.

Together, we secured a commitment from the UK government to roll out Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) across England by 2030, expanded FLS to all acute Health Boards in Wales alongside a commitment to high-quality osteoporosis care standards, and won a pledge from the Scottish government to conduct a national audit of FLSs.

We look forward to continuing to work together in 2025.

LUPUS Transition to adult care booklet

document coverLupus UK Youth is pleased to launch a new booklet to support and prepare young people with lupus during the transition from paediatrics to adult services. It is based on the T-KASH (Transition Knowledge and Skills in Healthcare) model developed by young people with lived experience from Alström Syndrome UK, and includes tips and a workbook format to help young people think through their individual transition journey.

As lupus is a life-long condition, effective transition from paediatric to adult services is a vital part of healthcare for young people with lupus.…

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getUBetter – Invention for Innovation

NIHR bannergetUBetter, in partnership with UWE Bristol and NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICS, has secured research funding from the National Institute of Health and Care Research Invention for Innovation programme to provide real-world evidence for national adoption.

The funding will further support getUBetter in evaluating the impact of the MSK service on patients, clinicians, and the health system, as well as looking at the cost-effectiveness of integrating digital self-management support for non-specific low back pain into ICS MSK clinical pathways.…

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ARMA responds to NHS 10-Year Plan Consultation

ARMA has submitted a response to the Government’s consultation on the NHS 10-Year Plan.

The submission was produced with ARMA members who gave their views in a series of meetings. The response calls for MSK conditions to have the long-overdue acknowledgment and equal footing alongside other long-term conditions and highlights the substantial impact that MSK conditions have on individuals’ lives, the NHS and the wider economy.

You can read ARMA’s submission here.

NRAS Live – MensRHEUM

Please join NRAS for the next NRAS Live event on Wednesday 27th November, 7pm. This month, it’s Men’s Health Awareness Month and in celebration, NRAS will be highlighting the importance of men’s health, especially for those living with rheumatoid arthritis.

NRAS COO, Stuart Munday will be joined by musician and composer, Krystian Lamb, who lives with RA. Krystian will be sharing his story so far, from diagnosis to now managing his condition and releasing his project, Introspection, which was inspired by his RA journey.…

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Core Skills in Musculoskeletal Care, Birmingham

Versus Arthritis Core SkillsThis one-day course is useful for primary care health professionals involved in the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions. The course focuses on developing the practical skills required in a typical 10-minute consultation, focusing on the knee, shoulder and spine.

Key learning outcomes:

  • Gain confidence in taking an effective history from an MSK patient, including eliciting red flags and psychosocial flags.
  • Be able to demonstrate understanding of examination of the MSK patient, including the discriminating features of the examination.
  • Be able to formulate a management plan, including appropriate investigations, referral, safety net and follow-up.
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New Network of Chartered Physiotherapists Working in Obesity

Are you a physiotherapist, associate practitioner or student interested in supporting people living with obesity? If this is you, we need you on our team!

Obesity management is an exciting and emerging area of physiotherapy clinical practice. We are a group of 6 physiotherapists looking to develop a network to share knowledge and new evidence, offer peer support, promote the role of physiotherapy, and ultimately develop ‘gold standard’ physiotherapy guidelines for people living with obesity. We want to be leading together on best practice physiotherapy interventions to best support people living with obesity and metabolic disease.…

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Cornwall Arthritis Trust’s Freedom to Move

Freedom to Move – an opportunity to experience education, movement and creativity

Cornwall Arthritis Trust, working in partnership with Artconnexion, have brought communities together to exchange knowledge about living with Arthritis and MSK conditions, as well as emphasising self-management, positive thinking, movement, creativity, and the importance of connecting.

The programme helps people discover what happens when you mix Creativity, Education and Movement – it’s a CEMical reaction of delight.

The programme was positively received at Miners Court Day Care centre in Reduth, Cornwall.…

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