ESCAPE-pain is a 6 week rehabilitation programme for individuals with knee and hip osteoarthritis which aims to educate participants on their condition, self-management and coping strategies as well as exercise. The Health Innovation Network, the Academic Health Science Network, has been working hard for the past 3+ years to spread the adoption of ESCAPE-pain across the U.K, and recently, has been awarded a grant by Sport England as part of their ‘Active Ageing’ project to target inactive adults in particular and increase access to the programme.…
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Portsmouth and South East Hampshire update
Read the Summer-Autumn 2017 update newsletter from the Department of Rheumatology at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, and the Portsmouth ARMA Network, which features:
- Events and conference details
- Flu and Pneumonia vaccination dates
- “No Time for Pain” Patient-Carer workshop
– discussing strategies for managing chronic and persistent pain associated to your Arthritis and Connective Tissue Disease with Partners/Family/Carers encouraged to attend as guests - “Tired of Being Tired” course
– a 7 week programme exploring different self-management and relaxation techniques to improve quality of life
Alongside the update are the fliers and forms related to upcoming events –
Day to Day Living with Arthritis and Connective Tissues Diseases Conference 2017:
Programme for healthcare professionals with registration form.…
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New Self-Management Event in Leicester
Arthritis Action in collaboration with CLASH – Community Leicester Arthritis Self-Help group – will be holding a two-day Self-Management Event in Leicester on :-
Wednesday 28th June 2017 at 2.00 pm – 4.30 pm
and
Thursday 29th June 2017 at 10.30am – 1.00 pm
We aim to help our attendees take control of the symptoms of their arthritis, with the event covering topics such as:
• The impact of physical therapies
• How you can best manage your pain
• The benefits of exercise and a healthy diet
• Ways to work in partnership with healthcare professionals
This SME Leicester event will be free of charge and refreshments will be provided, and is open to all.…
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EULAR e-breakthrough, April 2017
In April 2017, EULAR released Issue 15 of their eBreakthrough magazine.
This edition of News from the Standing Committee of People with Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe includes:
- An introduction to the new EULAR Executive Director, Dr Julia Rautenstrauch;
- “Looking to the future” by Dieter Wiek, PARE Chairperson;
- a report on online self-management in Ireland;
- What do patients think about their care?
Click here to open or download e-Breakthrough via the eular.org website, in PDF format.
New Self-Management Event in Southampton
SME Southampton
Arthritis Action will be holding a new, two-day Self-Management Event on 14th and 15th February 2017, in Southampton.
We aim to help our attendees take control of the symptoms of their arthritis, covering topics such as:
- The impact of physical therapies
- How you can best manage your pain
- The benefits of exercise and a healthy diet
- Ways to work in partnership with healthcare professionals
This open event will be free of charge and refreshments will be provided.…
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Realising the Value
What is a good outcome?
We’re two years into delivery of the Five Year Forward View, the document heralded as a blueprint for bridging the gaps in finance, quality and prevention. Chapter Two of that seminal document sets out a vision for a ‘new relationship with people and communities’…
But what does that actually mean?
The Realising the Value programme has spent 18 months seeking to turn those words into a more deliverable reality. It is an important body of work delivered by Nesta, the Health Foundation, National Voices, Regional Voices, NAVCA, Volunteering Matters and others.…
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