Events & Meetings | ARMA

JIA Awareness Week: 13 – 17 June 2022

After the success of RA Awareness Week, this year NRAS is having its first JIA Awareness week #SameJIADifferentDay, which will run from the 13^th to 17^th June 2022.

When NRAS staff speak to parents, children and adults with JIA, the same conversation comes up: how can we get people to understand that some days people living with JIA can do things like go for long walks or play football, when other days they really struggle to get out of bed or climb the stairs at work?…

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New date for NOA webinar

NOA Webinar: Learning from never events and serious incidents (SUIs)

The next National Orthopaedic Alliance (NOA) webinar will take place on 25 May 2022 at 1pm via Zoom. The session will focus on learning from never events and serious incidents.

Note from editor: the representatives from the CQC are no longer able to speak at this event.

Never events and serious incidents are a cause for concern and anxiety when reported in an organisation. They require investigation and official reporting. The end result should be a process of open multidisciplinary analysis and discussion led by the Clinical Governance team that results in learning for the organisation.…

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NOA Annual Members’ Conference 2022 – call for speakers

The second National Orthopaedic Alliance (NOA) Annual Members’ Conference will take place in Birmingham on Wednesday 19 October 2022 and the NOA is now accepting submissions for speakers. Do you have a project, best practice or opportunity you would like to share with NOA members on the day? To put forward a speaker email info.noa@nhs.net by 1 March 2022. Find out more on the NOA website.

PCRMM Society NEIAA webinar

PCRMM webinar: National Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit (NEIAA)
18 January 2022, 7 – 8.30pm

PCRMM is delighted to have the Audit’s Clinical Director, Dr Jo Ledingham, opening the Society’s 2022 series of webinars with this extremely interesting talk about the background of the national early inflammatory arthritis audit (NEIAA).

Dr Ledingham will be justifying the need for and the potential benefits of the Audit; she will clarify what it is looking at and why, offering insights into latest performance and on how data can be used for QI activity.…

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Online Pain Toolkit 5-day workshop

Online Pain Toolkit workshop for UK and English-speaking EU residents
Presented by The Pain Toolkit – the home of supported pain self-management.

Many people may not have access to pain management programmes and so the Pain Toolkit has organised a team of experiences coaches to run a 5-day (2.5hrs a day) workshop. The workshop is open to people living with persistent pain, and open to maximum of 10 participants. Pain Toolkit will be running three workshops during 2022 in Canada and Australia.…

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Links added during the WT20 Conference webinar

The following links were added to the chat during the webinar:

Coproduction of healthcare service

NHS Change Challenge

Shared Decision Making for patients on surgical waiting list infographic

Clinical validation of surgical waiting lists: framework and support tools

The Doctor will Zoom you Now

Personalised Care Institute home page

Arthritis Action’s Personalised Member Pathway

National Voices resource on how waiting for care impacts on people

ONS data
For data geeks who want to see the ONS data Natalie mentioned

Public Health Profiles
Public Health England’s fingertips tools on local data on the populations where you live

Patient involvement in rheumatology outpatient service design and delivery

Osteopaths role in MSK Service delivery

Amanda Hensman-Crook, AHP National Clinical Fellow from Health Education England, led a vibrant keynote speech at the recent Institute of Osteopathy Convention. Amanda focused on First Contact MSK roles and the Advanced Practice agenda and how osteopaths are part of the contemporary healthcare environment to support MSK service delivery.

Amanda also briefed about an MSK educational roadmap to Advanced Practice and a ground-breaking collaboration that will create a single set of UK MSK standards that will leave a legacy both nationally and internationally.…

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NOA Annual members’ conference a success

The 2021 NOA Annual Members’ Conference held on 20 October was an opportunity for staff representing NOA member organisations, patient representatives and NOA partners from across the country to share achievements, address shared challenges and discuss what’s in store for orthopaedics in the future.

Visit the NOA website here to find out more about the day, which featured a presentation from ARMA CEO, Sue Brown.

Arthritis Action’s World Arthritis Day campaign

To mark World Arthritis Day on 12^th October, Arthritis Action ran a week-long campaign on social channels to raise awareness of arthritis and highlight the impact a year living with the COVID-19 pandemic has had on people living with long-term pain conditions, like arthritis. This included the launch of a new video, where Arthritis Action members and volunteers Leigh Walmsley and Lucy Morley-Williams share their inspiring stories of living with arthritis during a difficult year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.…

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Upcoming My AS, My Life Facebook live sessions

My AS, My Life is a resource hub from NASS to help you build the confidence and skills you need for those times when you have to manage your axial SpA (AS) condition on your own.

It includes self-management guides, videos, blogs and links to a whole range of issues covering both your physical and mental health.

Each event will be hosted live on the NASS Facebook page, then uploaded to the My AS, My Life webpage.

Here are dates for the upcoming NASS Facebook live sessions:

Thurs 14 Oct, 13.00: Foot health for people with axial SpA, with Dr Lindsey Cherry
Weds 20 Oct, 12.00: Pilates for axial SpA ‘improver’ session, with Ruth Larkin
Tues 26 Oct, 10.00: Relaxation session, with Ali Potter
Weds 3 Nov, 13.00: Acupuncture for pain, with Ian Appleyard
Weds 10 Nov, 13.00: Looking after your axial SpA in the winter, with Colin Beevor
Weds 17 Nov, 18.00: HIIT exercise session, with Josh Poole
Weds 24 Nov, 13.00: Women and axial SpA, with Dr Helena Marzo-Ortega