Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance
Influencing policy and care together for best lifelong musculoskeletal health
Taking place 21-24 September 2021, the BOA Annual Congress programme will be created around the theme of ‘Tackling Infection‘, with four days of lectures including three days of exhibition being held for the first time at P&J Live, The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA).
Further information regarding abstracts, programme, speakers, location and more will be on the BOA website in the upcoming months.
Join NRAS for an exclusive Northern Ireland event: Coping with RA during COVID-19.
Wednesday 16 December, 1:30pm-3:30pm on Zoom.
There will be an update from Clare Jacklin, NRAS Chief Executive, as well as special guest speakers.
Register via the sign-up form.
Tune into the NRAS Christmas show, a fantastic ensemble of music, choirs, family fun quiz questions and humorous recitations from some very special guests. It’s a great way to start the festivities with family and friends.
Friday 4 December 2020 at 7pm
The video will become available via the following link when it goes live on 4 December: www.facebook.com/
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Due to COVID-19 and current restrictions, this year’s Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists AGM will be held virtually via Zoom webinar on Monday 30 November 2020 at 6.30pm.
The AGM provides each member with an opportunity to hear what the MACP has achieved in the last year and what the MACP strategy and objectives are for the coming five years.
Four weeks prior to the AGM all Executive Committee reports and Committee nominations will be available online for members to review.…
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This year’s Psoriasis Awareness Week 2020 runs from Thursday 29 October (World Psoriasis Day) to Wednesday 4 November.
This year, the theme will be ‘types of psoriasis’, based around answering some of the ‘unknown knowns’ that came out of the recent Psoriasis Priority Setting Partnership. Over the course of the week, the Psoriasis Association will focus on a different type of psoriasis each day, chosen from those which are most commonly asked about on the helpline. On Wednesday 4 November, the spotlight will be on Psoriatic Arthritis and nails.…
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The 2020 Backcare Awareness Week runs from 5-9 October.
The theme for this year’s campaign is Back Pain in Nursing.
The campaign will, with the assistance of BackCare‘s flagship publication Handling of People (HOP6), prevent significant back injuries in the Nursing profession. Many nurses will benefit from training which is provided by the National Back Exchange organisation.
Display packs are now available to order from the BackCare webshop. The pack contents include:
Visit the Backcare Awareness Week page on the BackCare website for updates.
At 7pm on 21 September 2020, people living with musculoskeletal conditions and healthcare professionals and policy influencers congregated in anticipation of a tweet chat on Twitter – ‘Power to the People.’
The tweet chat encompassed co-production of a new NHS MSK strategy – patients and healthcare professionals improving care together. The discussion for that hour involved 51 people, 279 posts, 1197 engagements. The #MSKCoPro was seen over half a million times by over 100,000 users.
If you missed it, there were too many tweets to publish them all, but here are some of the themes that emerged in response to questions about:
Please feel free to continue the chat using #MSKCoPro.
In just over a week’s time, the Royal College of Nursing’s Rheumatology Nursing Forum will be hosting a free webinar looking at the progression of the specialism. The event takes place on the 13 October starting at 6.30pm.
The RCN Forum Chair, Julie Begum, will be joined by Sue Oliver and Diana Finney to discuss the past, present and future of rheumatology nursing before giving you the opportunity to join the discussion and ask your questions.
Please book your place via the RCN Rheumatology Nursing Webinar event page.…
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The BOA ran a member-only Virtual Congress across the two weeks of 15-25 September 2020.
Members can view recordings of the live sessions and the pre-recorded sessions on the BOA website. Take a look at the live session recordings from across the 2020 BOA Virtual Congress. Sessions include, T&O and COVID19; the good, the bad and the future, Howard Steel, Capturing Positive Change – the NHS Change Challenge, Medico Legal Implications of Covid for orthopaedics, The Future of Orthopaedic Training: Diversity and Education, Elective Orthopaedics Re-Start After COVID-19, free paper sessions and more.…
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On 7 November 2020, NASS will be hosting a new event for any affected by axial SpA (AS).
Physio in Focus will be run entirely by physiotherapists and in partnership with AStretch. Please do share this with your patients. We also welcome attendance from physiotherapists who would like to engage further with NASS and AStretch.
