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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BackCare’s pain management webinar

The basis of the webinar was to provide a closer insight into back pain whatever the cause and to evaluate alleviating back pain from three different angles, these being: therapies, minimally invasive surgery and medication, with each area represented by an expert in the field.

Dr Brian Hammond PhD, Vice President of the National Back Pain Association (more commonly known as BackCare) discussed therapies; Dr Basil Almahdi, Consultant Pain Specialist analysed surgery and minimally invasive treatments of problems caused by degenerative spinal disease; and Dr Anthony Ordman, past president of the pain medicine section of the Royal Society of Medicine, reviewed medicines with a special interest in cannabinoids.…

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Psychologically-informed Practice for Health Professionals webinar

The Health Innovation Network is hosting a webinar on Psychologically-informed Practice for Health Professionals, sharing learning from their recent work.

Therapeutic Interactions and Person-centred Care Skills (TIPS) is an innovative and evidence-based training and supervision package for physiotherapists and other health professionals working with patients presenting with pain. Join us to hear from pain experts on how using a psychologically informed approach in patient consultations can lead to better conversations, patient experience and outcomes.

The webinar will be chaired by Diarmuid Denneny – chair of the Physiotherapy Pain Association and lead physiotherapist at the Pain Management Centre (PMC), the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.…

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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.

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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NOA webinar: Using technology to scale up orthopaedic recovery

The National Orthopaedic Alliance’s next webinar, Using Technology to Scale up Orthopaedic Recovery, takes place on 12 May at 1pm.

The session will focus on delivering at scale to alleviate the orthopaedic backlog as well as explore how technology is helping us to work faster. Speakers will look at digital tools such as Lifebox ePOA, one of NHS Innovation Accelerator’s six key digital innovations to help hospitals recover from COVID-19. The session will also include a presentation on Orthopathway, a web platform designed to maximise the clinical effectiveness of NHS musculoskeletal services as well as ConsentWise consent automation platform.…

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Forthcoming PCRMM webinars

PCRMM will be running a series of webinars throughout the year on a variety of subjects. The Society is committed to education and the dissemination of knowledge to help those involved in MSK care improve that care, their own education and generally to promote new findings and advancements.

To this end, PCRMM has put together a series of webinars, led by knowledgeable speakers and experts in their field, on a range of interesting and relevant topics, carefully planned to provide useful information for our members.…

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Free sport and exercise medicine seminars

Bookings are now open for an upcoming series of free sport and exercise medicine seminars delivered by the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine and the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine that will explore current issues relevant to all SEM practitioners.

Running every Thursday evening in April, the sessions will feature presentations from leading clinicians and academics as well as those with lived experience. Exploring the importance of physical activity in areas like COVID-19 recovery and mental health, these seminars will deliver engaging, informative content that will help improve your practice.…

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Rheumatology nursing webinar 2021

Rheumatology nursing webinar

Re-focusing on rheumatology nurse development

16 Mar 2021
18:30 – 20:30 online

The RCN Rheumatology forum is proud to present the programme for the March 2021 webinar. Julie Begum, RCN Rheumatology Forum chair will be joined by Professor Sarah Ryan, Kay Hughes and Rachel Cowey. The speakers will be considering three topical issues as they explore biologics, blood test results and the importance of professional development for rheumatology nurses.

By attending this session attendees will be able to:

  • understand the importance of continued professional development to improve professional capabilities and apply theory to clinical practice
  • consider the changing landscape of biologic therapy and the impact of this on medication selection and patient care
  • identify normal values in blood tests used in rheumatology.


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NOA webinar series events

The National Orthopaedic Alliance is running a series of webinars:

4 March 2021 – 12:30pm

NOA wellbeing webinar series: Supporting staff wellbeing during COVID-19 and beyond
(NOA member only event)

The first in NOA’s wellbeing webinar series looks at some of the challenges of and improvements to staff wellbeing during the pandemic at NOA member trusts. The session will be chaired by NOA Lead CEO, Jo Williams (Chief Executive, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS FT). Further details about this NOA member only event: click here.…

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