Category: Events & Meetings

NOA webinar speakers confirmed

NOA Webinar: COVID-19 Recovery Update

The next National Orthopaedic Alliance webinar will take place on 15 September at 1pm. The session will be an update on orthopaedic COVID-19 recovery across the UK, featuring:

  • Paul Jenkins, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Scottish Committee for Orthopaedic and Trauma (SCOT)
  • Gavan McAlinden, Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Chair of Division, Trauma, Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
  • Val Harvey, Orthopaedic Patient

Find out more and register here.

NOA ICS webinar, part two

NOA webinar: Integrated Care Systems (ICS): the new world of musculoskeletal care (part 2)

The National Orthopaedic Alliance will host the second part of its musculoskeletal care webinar series on 7 July at 1pm. Part one was held on 16 June, read about it here.

Speakers for part two include:

  • Mr Peter Kay, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon from Wrightingon, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS FT;
  • Tom Bramwell, Senior Policy Adviser from the British Medical Association;
  • Leah Miller, Senior Public Affairs Officer from the British Medical Association.
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Integrated Care Systems webinar

NOA webinar: Integrated Care Systems (ICS): the new world of musculoskeletal care (part 1)

The National Orthopaedic Alliance will host the next in its webinar series on 16 June at 1pm. The session will focus on ICSs in relation to the MSK pathway. Speakers include National Clinical Director MSK NHSE/I Andrew Bennet and Senior Responsible Office for the Integrated Care System for North Central London Rob Hurd.

For further details and to register visit the NOA website.

BOA Annual Congress 2021 opens to general registration

General registration for the BOA Annual Congress 2021 opened on Monday 24 May. Early Bird registration is now closed. 

The Congress will be held for the first time at P&J Live, The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA). It will be one of the largest annual gatherings of trauma and orthopaedics professionals in the UK and hopefully one of the first live events since the start of the pandemic.

Sessions include:

  • Revalidation and hot topic sessions by specialist societies
  • Naughton Dunn Lecture delivered by Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and BOA Honorary Secretary, Simon Hodkinson
  • The John Charnley Lecture delivered by Medical Director, Chief Surgeon, ENDO-Clinic, Hamburg, Professor Thorsten Gehrke
  • Sir Walter Mercer Lecture delivered by Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor Robin Paton
  • King James IV Professorship Lecture delivered by Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor Martin McNally

Further information about the Congress sessions can be accessed on the programme page of programme page the BOA website.…

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BestMSK Health Update webinar

BestMSK Health Collaborative Update and Futures Launch,
Monday 7 June 2021 5.00pm – 6.30pm

Building on the BestMSK Health Collaborative launch event in February, this webinar will share key programme updates on musculoskeletal (MSK) including progress from clinical workstream leads and next steps.

The webinar will explore how we intend to work with your teams, our stakeholders and partners in the future and will launch BestMSK Future NHS Platform which will be the main point for our communication and engagement with our stakeholders and partners. …

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Osteopathic Awareness Week 2021

Osteopathic Awareness Week to tackle habits leading to ‘Lockdown back’ and ‘Tech neck’.

The Institute of Osteopathy will be running an awareness campaign, 2 – 9 May 2021, to promote good habits to tackle the issues that have led to what is now commonly called ‘Lockdown back’ and ‘Tech neck’.

The Move Better campaign will provide a range of advice for people to move better and so improve both their physical and mental health. To follow ‘Osteopathy for Health’ on Facebook or Instagram, visit iOsteopathy.org/movebetter…

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BOA Annual Congress 2021 – abstracts close 7th May

Under the theme of tackling infection, the BOA Annual Congress will take place 21st-24th September 2021 at P&J Live, The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA). The programme will include the BOA keynote lectures, plenary speakers and an update from the BOA President Bob Handley on his Presidential year. The BOA have been working closely once again with the specialist societies to deliver revalidation and hot topic sessions. Sessions also include Hunterian lectures, practicalities of coding, BOA ortho committee – patient access to elective care, BOA research committee – changing clinical Practice, curriculum update and diversity to name a few.…

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PCRMM Annual Conference – save the date

The PCRMM Annual Conference 2021
Supporting Primary Care and introducing the new FSEM/PCRMM Diploma

18 – 19 November 2021

Following the success of last year’s conference format and the ongoing uncertainties surrounding COVID-19, we will again be running a two-day online conference on the 18/19 November 2021. Save the date!

The conference is aimed at all GPs, GPwERs in MSK and rheumatology, FCPs, nurse practitioners and other AHPs working in primary care. The programme promises to be as informative as last year’s event.…

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Forthcoming PCRMM webinars

PCRMM will be running a series of webinars throughout the year on a variety of subjects. The Society is committed to education and the dissemination of knowledge to help those involved in MSK care improve that care, their own education and generally to promote new findings and advancements.

To this end, PCRMM has put together a series of webinars, led by knowledgeable speakers and experts in their field, on a range of interesting and relevant topics, carefully planned to provide useful information for our members.…

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