PCRMM webinar – Managing Low Back Pain and Sciatica

Tuesday 31 May, 7 – 8:30pm

This engaging and extremely interesting webinar will be given by Ian Bernstein and Dan Bourke; they explore what works and what doesn’t work for managing low back pain and sciatica in primary and community care.
They combine a review of NICE guidelines with a discussion about how they implement them in practice.

Questions that they will discuss include:

  • ‘will my patient get better?’ – managing their expectations;
  • minimising harm – who should be imaged and what to prescribe;
  • how and when to de-prescribe – new NICE guidance in April;
  • ‘is it really that simple?’


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Bone Matters

The Royal Osteoporosis Society has launched their new #BoneMatters programme, a series of online expert information events.

The first webinar of the series is on Medication Support: helping people make informed decisions about recommended osteoporosis drug treatment. Join the ROS on Tuesday 17 May to hear from leading experts Dr Nicky Peel, Dr Zoe Paskins and Professor David Armstrong on key topics to help you make decisions about your osteoporosis drug treatment.

Topics include:

  • What’s new in drug treatments
  • Understanding side effects or health risks
  • Getting the most out of your medication

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Why you should consider yoga

Arthritis Action logoNew Arthritis Action webinar: Why you should consider yoga if you are living with arthritis

Arthritis Action’s Services Development Manager and Dietitian Martin Lau and Yoga and Pilates Instructor Tracy Weare, present the latest webinar for Arthritis Action on the benefits of yoga for people living with arthritis.

chair yogaThe webinar includes a 30-minute practical chair-based yoga session, followed by question and answer.

A recording of the webinar is available to watch on Arthritis Action’s YouTube channel, and on their webinars web page.

Online Specialty Series for paediatric MSK physiotherapists

During Orthopaedic Research U.K.’s popular online courses for paediatric orthopaedic physiotherapists, it became obvious that there was a lot of interest in the sub-specialties from clinicians with highly specialised caseloads. In response ORUK is launching the Specialty Series of intensive and focused online courses devoted to particular areas of clinical practice. The first online series was attended by physiotherapists with a particular interest in neurodisability, and received outstanding feedback. As a result, there are plans for two more online series in 2022: a summer course devoted to MSK paediatric physiotherapists and a winter course focused on paediatric feet.…

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New date for NOA webinar

NOA logoNOA 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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Vitamin D and Calcium webinar

Vitamin D and Calcium – an overview with a focus on bone health
PCRMM webinar, Tuesday 1 March 2022, 7 – 8.30pm

This webinar about calcium and vitamin D will cover: indications for testing; interpretation and significance of abnormal results; calcium and vitamin D replacement; and, a brief overview of the evidence and clinical need for calcium and vitamin D replacement in the context of musculoskeletal disease.

This extremely interesting and topical webinar will be run by Dr Zoe Paskins and Dr Sarah Hardcastle.…

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Orthopaedic recruitment during COVID

NOA Webinar: COVID Orthopaedic Recovery: National and International recruitment

16 February 2022 at 1pm

The first National Orthopaedic Alliance webinar for 2022 will look at national and international recruitment.

Probably the biggest issue impeding orthopaedic surgery recovery is staffing. Many members of staff have left the NHS, retired early or have long term medical and/or mental health issues that limit their ability to work.

This has resulted in staffing shortages across various orthopaedic services in particular, theatre staffing. Providers are desperate to retain staff but also want to recruit the best people for the job which sometimes means looking overseas.…

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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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Orthopaedic recovery webinar

NOA Webinar – Orthopaedic Recovery: Prioritisation and Harms Review

17 November 2021 at 1pm

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented us with a major challenge in orthopaedic recovery. The inevitable delays mean we need to ensure the most urgent cases are given the correct priority and that we identify potential and real harm during this process. This has meant a big increase in work for Clinicians and supporting management. The next NOA webinar focuses on this challenge and hears from three NOA member organisations sharing their experiences.…

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