Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance
Influencing policy and care together for best lifelong musculoskeletal health
Last month, Sarah Leyland, osteoporosis specialist nurse and clinical adviser at Royal Osteoporosis Society, presented information on osteoporosis and fractures, and the link between corticosteroid use and having rheumatoid arthritis.
You can watch a recording of the webinar on the NRAS Facebook page here.
Latest NOA webinar focuses on National Consultant Information Portal (NCIP) orthopaedic roll out
The latest NOA webinar focused on the orthopaedic surgery roll out of the National Consultant Information Portal (NCIP). NCIP, a secure online portal which enables NHS consultants and surgeons to review information about their clinical activity and benchmark patient outcomes, is currently being released across in England.
The webinar, which took place on 6 July 2022, featured guest speakers including Stephen Lowis, NCIP programme implementation and insights lead, NHS England and NHS Improvement joined by Deborah Higgs, NCIP orthopaedic clinical lead and clinical director specialist surgeries, consultant shoulder & elbow surgeon consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.…
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19 July 2022
This extremely informative and interesting webinar will discuss in depth the diagnosis and treatment of Polymyalgia rheumatica. It will be hosted by Dr Sarah Mackie and Dr Bharat Kandikonda, both well-known experts in this area.
They will discuss what PMR is, how to diagnose it, how to treat it and when to refer on.
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ecent BestMSK Health activity includes London Region MSK Strategy and an upcoming webinar from the spinal workstream.
The spinal webinar covers spine pathways, MDTs, Emergency pathways, and Axial Spondyloarthritis.
7 July 2022, 4.30 – 6.00pm
Those working in London may like to take a look at the London Musculoskeletal Health Strategy.
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:
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:
New 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.
The 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.
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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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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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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