Inaugural winner of the ORUK/Daphne Jackson Fellowship announced
The Daphne Jackson Trust, in partnership with Orthopaedic Research UK (ORUK), is delighted to announce that a three-year Fellowship has been awarded to Dr Nikki Kuiper. She is a highly qualified academic with a biomedical PhD and a long-standing career in the musculoskeletal (MSK) field via a long association with the Robert Jones & Agnes…
NOA webinar explores green initiatives
In a compelling exploration of Sustainability and the Green Agenda in Orthopaedic Surgery, the National Orthopaedic Alliance hosted a thought-provoking webinar on 29 November 2023. Chaired by Mr. Cormac Kelly, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and NOA Webinar Programme Lead, the virtual event delved into the latest developments in sustainability within the NHS, specifically within orthopaedic surgery….
Musculoskeletal orthopaedic approach to referral optimisation
NHS England has published Musculoskeletal orthopaedic approach to referral optimisation, a guidance document developed by the Outpatient Recovery and Transformation Programme (OPRT) and BestMSK Health Collaborative. This guidance describes the benefits of referral optimisation in adult services managing musculoskeletal conditions, focusing on the use of specialist advice to enable people to be seen by the…
NOA Sustainability in Orthopaedics webinar
Join the National Orthopaedic Alliance on 29th November 2023 from 1:00 – 2:15pm for a thought provoking webinar: “Sustainability and the Green Agenda in Orthopaedic Surgery,” chaired by Mr. Cormac Kelly. Speakers will explore the latest NHS developments in sustainability in orthopaedic surgery. Find out more and register here.
ramble4rhuem walk exceeds its target
The Gloucestershire Arthritis Trust would like to congratulate those from the Gloucestershire NHS Rheumatology team who undertook a sponsored walk on Sunday 24th September 2023. Their successful “ramble4rhuem” campaign had the aim of supporting the Gloucestershire Arthritis Trust, who in turn support the Rheumatology nursing staff with Study Grants. The eight-strong team, which included a…
Welsh Government’s Quality Statement on MSK Health
Quality Statement for Musculoskeletal Health The quality statement describes what good quality musculoskeletal health services should look like. First published: 12 October 2023 Last updated: 12 October 2023 The Wales MSK Conference took place in Cardiff on World Arthritis Day, 12 October 2023. ARMA CEO Sue Brown presented alongside the Chief Medical Officer, Sir Frank…
Chronic pain: What matters to you?
This research aims to better understand what it means to live with and manage chronic pain, from everyone’s perspective. You now have the opportunity to say what matters to you by participating in this survey. You are eligible if you belong to one of the following descriptions: Person living with chronic pain. Informal caregiver/relative to…
Webinar: Coproduction – being an effective lived-experience partner
26 October 2023, 10 – 11am Are you someone with lived experience of musculoskeletal conditions? Would you like to know how to be involved in the design of MSK services? Increasingly the NHS is realising the importance of talking to the people who use their services about how to do things better. This can be…
Psoriasis Awareness Week 2023
Psoriasis Awareness Week will run from Sunday 29th October to Friday 3rd of November 2023 and this year’s theme is ‘Talking about Treatments’. How to treat psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis is understandably one of the primary questions asked via our helplines. During the week, we will be looking at ways to access the correct treatment…
Reflections on my life with RA by Ailsa Bosworth, MBE
NRAS founder and National Patient Champion, Ailsa Bosworth, reflected on her personal journey living with RA in this blog post for World Arthritis Day 2023. Read about her early years, how she was diagnosed, becoming a mother whilst managing the condition and much more in this fascinating read.