ARMA CEO to speak at Health and Inactivity webinar

9 September 2021
09.30am

ARMA’s CEO, Sue Brown, along with speakers from Public Health England, Moving Medicine and others, will be speaking at a Health and Inactivity webinar, organised by Why Sports.

This webinar will discuss and build on new and existing agendas. How do the leading organisations plan to provide better access to support and joined-up services, whilst working with people who live the experience, after all, they are the experts and should be central to how services are designed and delivered. …

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September is Pain Awareness Month

September is Pain Awareness Month from The Societal Impact of Pain. Pain Awareness Europe (PAE), in collaboration with other organisations in Europe, is holding an online event on 7 September, 14:00-15:00 CEST (15:00-16:00 British Summer Time). The webinar (in English) will focus on the topic of employment and pain and is open to all interested parties. Join the virtual event with via link.

There are also some infographics from PAE on ICD-11 and ICF available here.

ARMA free webinar – Services to support people to live well with pain

17 September 2021, 12.30 – 1.30pm

ARMA’s free webinar during Pain Awareness Month features James Watson, Physiotherapy Pain Lead, Integrated MSK and Community Pain Management, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Mohammad Shoiab, Pain Specialist Physiotherapist/Clinical Lead, Connect Health Pain Services.…

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Get involved in Bone and Joint Week

12-20 October 2021

What is Bone and Joint Week?

Next month, Bone and Joint Week aims to help get people thinking about one of the most widespread and pressing health issues of our times – musculoskeletal health. Now more than ever, good musculoskeletal health helps our wellbeing get back on track. As we rebuild our activity and how we work, eat and feel, having the best musculoskeletal health helps us live better.

After more than a year of uncertainly, stress, inactivity, gym and swimming pool closures, weight gain and changed routines, many struggle with their physical and mental health.…

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BOA Annual Congress 2021 general registration now open

The BOA Annual Congress will take place 21-24 September 2021. The 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).

General registration closes on 5 September 2021 so make sure to book by then to get the best rates, after that a late registration fee will apply. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, there will no on-site registration this year.

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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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