Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance
Influencing policy and care together for best lifelong musculoskeletal health
For the upcoming dates for foundation courses in western medical acupuncture from the British Medical Acupuncture Society, please click here to download details.
Further training events include, “Self-acupuncture day” and “Acupuncture for Osteoarthritis” courses.
New research conducted by National Voices and Social Enterprise UK has found that only 13% of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) can clearly show that they are actively committed to pursuing social value in their procurement and commissioning decisions.
The Public Services (Social Value Act) 2012 requires commissioners to consider broader social, economic and environmental benefits to their area when making commissioning decisions. The Act was a response to the risk of competitive tendering focusing solely on cost at the expense of other forms of value.…
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Our annual Members’ Day was held on Saturday 17 June at Bramall Lane stadium in Sheffield. We were delighted to have a full house with 150 members and guests attending. Dr Gareth Jones presented his research on disease flares and Professor Paul Wordsworth gave an update on his research into the genetics of AS. The AS team from the Royal Hallamshire in Sheffield including Dr Lisa Dunkley, Zoe Cox and Liz Byrne presented on what patients should expect from their AS clinic under the new NICE spondyloarthritis guideline and the day ended with a flare management workshop lead by Clare Clarke, Sue Gurden and Claire Harris.…
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Royal College of Occupational Therapists project with Public Health England:
Health and Work Champions – next stage of recruitment
1st June to 31st July 2017
The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) and Public Health England (PHE) supported by the Council for Work and Health are carrying out a project in which 25 occupational therapists and others across England have become Health and Work Champions. They are using peer to peer education training sessions to encourage their NHS colleagues to routinely ask working age adults about their employment aspirations.…
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Challenges and innovations: orthopaedics and trauma across the lifespan Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Nursing Conference and Exhibition 2017
14 November 2017
Crowne Plaza Chester
Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
www.rcn.org.uk/sotn
This year’s one-day conference will explore the challenges and innovations in orthopaedic and fracture trauma care for patients, ranging from children and young people to the older person.
Themes include:
TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS – ‘When to start, when to stop and when to change?’
30th November 2017, NEC Birmingham
With a brand new and innovative format this event promises to provide multidisciplinary clinicians in England with the opportunity to discuss the treatment and management of osteoporosis. The Clinical Update will bring a series of interactive clinical case discussions to you, presented as part of an expert discussion panel. You can expect to hear and participate in lively debate around identifying the high-risk patient, treatment options for the atypical patient and considerations for duration of treatment.…
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The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) is running a new Work Survey and is pleased to be collaborating with the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research at the University of Manchester.
The Work Survey will investigate the experiences of people with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Adult Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), any impact it has had on your ability to work and how it affects you in the workplace.
The research comes 10 years after the publication of the ‘I Want to Work’ report and will enable NRAS to draw comparisons about any progress achieved over the last decade in relation to work, health and disability.…
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On the 26th May 2017, the British Society for Rheumatology released an important update to their most ‘in demand’ clinical guideline, on the Management of Gout. Gout is the most searched for term on the BSR website and it’s is a particularly painful form of arthritis which is becoming more common, yet continues to be poorly managed.
This latest Guideline is for all UK doctors and allied health professionals in primary and secondary care who look after and treat patients with the condition.…
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Guest Blog by Neil Betteridge, co-chair, Chronic Pain Policy Coalition (CPPC)
As a former Chair of ARMA, it’s a great pleasure to be invited to write a piece for this month’s newsletter. Indeed, looking back to my seven years on the board, it is quite something to recall that the organisation entered the 21st century still called BLAR: the British League Against Rheumatism.
Apart from the name, much has changed in the world of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases since then, most of it for the better in my view.…
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Did you miss getting to the Rheumatology Conferences in 2016?
If yes, don’t worry. We are pleased to say that some of the presentations from both events are now available on the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust You Tube page.
Did you know that there are two options for the Patient Advice and Information line?
Email: Rheumatology.pail@porthosp.nhs.uk
and
Telephone: 02392286935
Please ensure that you leave the correct information:
Full Name
Date of Birth
Hospital Number
Brief information about what your call/email is about
Colin Beevor – Matron and Service Manager
Department of Rheumatology
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Cosham, PO6 3LY
02392286142
