Category: Publicity

Inaugural Cornwall Arthritis Trust podcast

CAT bannerThe Cornwall Arthritis Trust is delighted to launch their first ever Freedom to Move podcast.

Sally Crabtree presents the first podcast featuring Professor Tony Woolf talking about how the charity began, the importance work of the charity and some wonderful tip tips on how to live your best life whilst living with a long term health condition such as Arthritis or other MSK conditions.

We hear from Tracy Noon, a wonderful inspiring story about Tracy’s personal journey living with Arthritis and how walking has changed her life, plus an exciting challenge ahead.…

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SOMM on the Physio Network podcast

SOMM logoSOMM is excited to announce that two of their Teaching Fellows, Darren Collin and Johnny Smith have recorded an episode for the Physio Network podcast, in which they discussed the role of manual therapy in physiotherapy, along with the key differences between NHS and private practice.

Physio NetworkThis insightful conversation (coming soon to your podcast feeds) sets the stage for SOMM’s upcoming Spinal Manual Therapy Masterclass, taking place on 11th October 2025 in Liverpool — a new offering designed to sharpen hands-on skills and deepen clinical reasoning in spinal care.…

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Parties commit to Better Bones

The Royal Osteoporosis Society would like to extend a huge thank you to all their colleagues across ARMA who have supported the Better Bones campaign for universal, quality Fracture Liaison Services (FLS).

The ROS is pleased to share that the Conservative government has recently committed to expand the use of FLS to achieve 100% coverage by 2030. This commitment was reaffirmed in the Conservative Party manifesto (page 42). The Labour party has matched this and Wes Streeting has stated that one of his first acts in government would be to task NHS England with developing a ‘rollout plan’, so every part of the country has access to FLS.…

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Versus Arthritis UK General Election Manifesto

Please read, support and share the Versus Arthritis 2024 General Election Manifesto calling on the next UK Government to take arthritis seriously.

For too long, arthritis has been dismissed and ignored, but with your help Versus Arthritis can start to change that. Arthritis impacts the lives of over 10 million people in the UK. It can impact a person’s ability to work, look after family or live well. Arthritis must no longer be dismissed by people in positions of power.

The Versus Arthritis manifesto is based on 5 key priorities for the next UK Government, which are:

5 election priorities

Each of these five priorities has three specific key deliverables which we believe will make a significant difference to the lives of people living with arthritis.…

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Act Now Report Parliamentary Launch Event

Act Now report segmentLast week ARMA held a Parliamentary launch for the Act Now report on MSK inequalities.

We were delighted to be joined by so many members, contributors to the report and leaders in MSK. There was a palpable energy in the room and a sense of commitment across the breadth of MSK health to tackle inequalities together.

We were privileged to have MP Tom Randall, Chair of the Axial Spondyloarthritis All Party Group in Westminster, host the event. His recognition of the report’s timeliness underscored the importance of the report’s recommendations.…

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Promoting MSK Literacy in Young People

This month sees the latest tour of a musculoskeletal themed educational show, co-funded by Orthopaedic Research UK (ORUK), that introduces young people to biomechanics and the importance of bone, joint and muscle health. The Research and Test Lab (RATLab) tour uses a combination of science, hi-tech projections and puppetry devised by theatre company Green Ginger. During a visit to RATLab, children interact with a team of engaging characters – mostly rats, dogs and pigs – who use engineering to solve everyday problems.…

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Osteopathy exhibits at the House of Commons

House of CommonsIn early March the Council of Osteopathic Educational Institutions (COEI) exhibited at the prestigious Upper Waiting Hall at the House of Commons. Gaining access to such an influential audience in an election year is a unique opportunity to focus on the future of MSK Health and osteopathy’s role in providing local community MSK care.

For more information visit the COEI website.

Royal Osteoporosis Society’s Better Bones campaign

The Royal Osteoporosis Society is continuing its Better Bones campaign with the Sunday Express for universal, quality Fracture Liaison Services. In the lead up to the Budget, ROS would greatly appreciate it if you were able to raise the campaign and its aims in any meetings you have with Parliamentarians or officials and post on social media about the campaign.

The Society remains committed to achieving the Better Bones campaign’s goals. The Better Bones campaign is calling for:

  •     A mandate from Government that everyone over 50 should be covered by a quality FLS;
  •     £30m per year additional investment in FLS to fill the gaps in population coverage and quality;
  •     A national Clinical Director to lead the change.
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New Hips & Knees: Britian’s Longest Queue?

With numbers on the NHS waiting list at a record high of 7.75 million and rising, on the 30th of November 2023, ITV’s flagship current affairs programme ‘ITV Tonight’ focused on the huge waiting lists for joint replacement surgery: Tonight – Series 25 – Episode 35 – ITVX

With input from Versus Arthritis, Dr Zoe Williams investigates the health impacts on the estimated one million-plus people currently waiting, in some cases for years, for trauma and orthopaedic treatment. The programme looked behind those figures and into the lives of those waiting in pain for transformative orthopaedic treatment, explored whether surgery is the only option for patients in severe pain, and discussed how people can wait as well as possible whilst awaiting treatment.…

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Good Boost is re-defining national policy

swimmingGood Boost has been recognized in the UK Swimming Industry Report 2023, cited as an exemplar of “how pools can be harnessed to support the NHS.”

There is a UK and global sector shift from exercise and fitness to health &  wellbeing, and Good Boost is leading the product and service to enable this sector-wide transition.

Good Boost – now five years old – was included as the first case study within the ‘Musculoskeletal hubs in the community’ section of the Government’s new Get Active sport and physical activity strategy released in August 2023.…

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