Category: Events & Meetings

Women in Orthopaedics webinar

NOA webinar offers opportunity for meaningful conversations about women in orthopaedics.

Following a thought-provoking session at the NOA Annual Members’ Conference in October focussed on Women in Orthopaedics, the NOA hosted a lunchtime webinar to continue the conversation.

Speakers included:

  • Deborah Eastwood, President of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.
  • Orla Hennessy, ST4 in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
  • Caroline Hing, Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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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.

Register your place at the iO Convention 2022.

ARMA Lecture recording

Delivering equitable MSK healthcare: from prevention to highly specialised care 

Our annual lecture 2022 was given by Liz Lingard Delivery Partner, System Improvement, NHS England (North East & Yorkshire) followed by a panel discussion with Asim Suleman, GPwER Pain Management, and Jane Taylor, who was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis aged 26 and is an ARMA trustee.

Our first hybrid event asked what drives inequalities in MSK health? What can be done to address this? A recording of the event is available to watch.  …

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NOA Webinar: ‘Human Factors Training and Patient Safety’

The next NOA webinar will look at Human Factors Training and Patient Safety. It will highlight the successes and challenges of setting up and developing a service as well as give an overview of human factors and ergonomics, its relevance and role in improving patient safety and how it has been embedded at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.

Register here.

Date: 2 November 2022 
Time: 12pm – 1:15pm 
Speakers:

  • Dr Sophie Shapter, Consultant Anaesthetist & Lead for Human Factors and Patient Safety Specialist, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS FT
  • Simon Lewthwaite, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Fran Ives, Chartered Human Factors Specialist, West Midlands Academic Health Science Network

ARMA Annual Lecture 2022

We are delighted to announce that the annual ARMA lecture will be held on the evening of 11 October 2022, 7-8pm, on the eve of Bone and Joint Week.

Delivering equitable MSK healthcare: from prevention to highly specialised care

The prevalence and impact of musculoskeletal conditions are not experienced equally across the population. Musculoskeletal conditions are linked to deprivation, age, are more prevalent in women, and disproportionately affect some minority ethnic groups.  The profile of health inequalities is currently high, including the focus in the NHS on the Core 20+ approach.…

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NRAS Champions’ Awards and Gala dinner

NRAS will be holding their 21st Anniversary Gala Dinner and awards ceremony in Windsor at the Castle Hotel on 9 September 2022.

This sold out event marks a significant milestone in the history of the charity. The night will be filled with music, food and dancing, featuring music from a live band: !daft! There will also be a raffle and an auction with fantastic prizes.

NRAS has also decided to combine this special event with the NRAS Champions’ Awards. To read about the winners and their work, open the Gala dinner press release.

NOA webinar on NCIP orthopaedic roll out

NOA webinar banner Latest NOA webinar focuses on National Consultant Information Portal (NCIP) orthopaedic roll out

The latest NOA webinar focused on the orthopaedic surgery roll out of the National Consultant Information Portal (NCIP). NCIP, a secure online portal which enables NHS consultants and surgeons to review information about their clinical activity and benchmark patient outcomes, is currently being released across in England.

The webinar, which took place on 6 July 2022, featured guest speakers including Stephen Lowis, NCIP programme implementation and insights lead, NHS England and NHS Improvement joined by Deborah Higgs, NCIP orthopaedic clinical lead and clinical director specialist surgeries, consultant shoulder & elbow surgeon consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.…

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ARMA CEO in speaker line up for NOA Conference

Conference images The National Orthopaedic Alliance (NOA) Annual Members’ Conference takes place on 19 October 2022 from 9am – 5pm at The Eastside Rooms, Birmingham.

Registration is now open and staff from NOA member organisations are invited to attend.

ARMA CEO, Sue Brown, joins the line-up of speakers alongside Dr Chloe Stewart in a presentation focussed on The Value of Shared Decision Making. Find out more about this and the conference programme on the NOA website.

PCRMM Annual Conference 2022

MSK Across Multi-Disciplinary First Contact Care
11 and 12 November 2022
ONLINE

The Primary Care Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine Society is delighted to announce this year’s conference. The success of past conferences engenders motivation for the Society to try and improve each year and offer more of what will educate, stimulate and benefit you all.

Talks will include ‘Hypermobility Disorders: Common Quandaries in Clinical Practice’, ‘Imaging in Inflammatory Arthritis’ and an ‘Update on Connective Tissue Diseases’ amongst others. There will be breakout rooms again this year for a more interactive experience, on subjects such as ‘FCP – What to Expect’ and ‘Musculoskeletal Problems in Children and Young People’.…

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