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Improving Patient Safety & Care 2019

Continuous Learning, Measurement & Improvement
6 February 2019
Royal Society of Medicine, London

This event is part of GovConnect’s ongoing series aimed at delivering key information and evidence-based solutions in order to assist the communication and delivery of the NHS 5 year forward view.

Free webinar on effective communications between patients and physicians

Please join United Patients on 18 September 2018 for an important discussion on how patients and their physicians can work together to communicate more efficiently and effectively.

Dr. James Galloway (Rheumatologist, King’s College London) and Clare Jacklin (National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society [UK]) of Pfizer’s RA NarRAtive Initiative will join us to discuss findings from their global survey of patients and rheumatologists that identified key barriers to communication and how they can be improved.

Experts:

Clare Jacklin (NRAS Director of External Affairs – UK) Clare has managed a wide range of projects in National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) over the past 11 years with the aim of improving the lives of all those living with RA.

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Primary Care Rheumatology Society Conference 2018

“Improving MSK Medicine & Rheumatology“

Starts: Thursday, 22 November 2018 – 09:00
Ends: Saturday, 24 November 2018 – 13:00

Special Joint Injection Session (Pre-booked)
with speakers Drs Alan Walker, Arthur Mone, Simon McGraw and Ms Kirsty Smith.

Following the previous interest in injection workshops using cadavers, this year the PCRS is running
workshops on Thursday morning and afternoon, the first day of the Annual Conference.
As well as the traditional formalin preparations, there will also be Thiel-embalmed specimens this time, which give a flexible and more life-like experience.…

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NASS Northern Ireland Community Engagement

NASS will be returning to Northern Ireland for a Community Engagement Conference on 27 October 2018.

This is a new style event for NASS, bringing together healthcare professionals, people with AS, other organisations and researchers.

There are some fantastic speakers already confirmed, including Dr Philip Gardiner (Consultant Rheumatologist), Rhona Galway (Clinical Specialist Rheumatology Physiotherapist), Eithne Boyle (Senior Physiotherapist) and Elaine Wylie (Rheumatology Nurse Specialist).

There will also be a number of workshops run by members of the NASS team Jakub, Dale, Sally and Garry.…

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NASS Patients’ Choice Awards 2018

Celebrating excellence in AS care: the 2018 NASS patients’ choice awards are now open for nominations

The National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS) is delighted to announce that the second Patients’ Choice Awards are now open for nominations. These awards were created in 2016 to honour those health care professionals who continually go above and beyond the call of duty to support people with axial spondyloarthritis (axial SpA) including ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and who work hard to consistently apply and implement the NICE Guideline and Quality Standards for Spondyloarthritis in support of every patient, every day, around the UK.…

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Webinar: Rheumatology commissioning in a community

Commissioning for Quality: Community-based Rheumatology Service

19 October 2018, 12.30 – 1.30

The webinar will outline how a community-based rheumatology service can provide effective management of rheumatology patients, with benefits both to the patients and the usage of clinical resources. The service is commissioned by the CCG and GPs from participating practices refer directly into the community service.

The service was initially established in 2009 by a GPWSI who had 10 years plus working in a secondary care rheumatology service as a clinical assistant, together with a nurse consultant in rheumatology with over 20 years’ experience.…

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Webinar: Setting up a MSK Service

Everything you wanted to know about setting up a Musculoskeletal Service but were afraid to ask!

5 October 2018, 12.30 – 1.30

The webinar will describe how we set up the Telford Musculoskeletal Service, some of the problems we encountered along the way, and our solutions.

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After winning a tender three years ago, the MSK Service was devised to be a single point-of-access for rheumatology, pain, physio, orthopaedics and musculoskeletal services in the NHS within Telford.…

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British Chiropractic Association Autumn Conference 2018

13 & 14 October 2018
Hilton Birmingham Metropole

The BCA is delighted to invite you to attend the British Chiropractic Association Autumn Conference 2018, brought to you with a fresh look and feel. The event has been organised and coordinated by a new team and is sure to be the chiropractic event of the year!

The event has speaker presentations and workshops focusing on patient-centred care. The BCA will be welcoming new graduate members to the association and celebrating the new council.…

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HMSA at European Parliament “Optimising Patient Outcomes” meeting

The HMSA has been out and about quite a bit this month, last week attending the “Optimising Patient Relevant Outcome Measures for sustainable healthcare systems and strong economies” meeting at the European Parliament.

On Wednesday 20 June, Hannah Ensor (HMSA trustee) and Lisa Renaut (HMSA volunteer) visited the European Parliament for this important meeting of the Brain Mind Pain interest group (thanks to Pain Alliance Europe for funding travel expenses.) The talks were both informative and interesting.

Cathalijne van Doorne, from Euro Ataxia, spoke about the practical importance of clinical research and interventions focusing on what would most benefit the patient – which is a big shift from what the clinical priorities might be.…

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Improving Patient Safety & Care 2019 conference

Continuous Learning, Measurement & Improvement
6 February 2019
Royal Society of Medicine, London

The inaugural Improving Patient Safety & Care 2018 conference will assess how the NHS are currently making a difference in regards to improved safety and care and how it intends to do so in the future through a transparent, constantly evolving patient-centred system. It is therefore a must attend in the conference calendar for anyone involved in the provision of patient-centred services across the NHS, be that frontline, clinical or board level personnel.…

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