More than Skin Deep report
A new report More than Skin Deep: The Underlying Burdens of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis has been published, setting out the challenges currently faced by people living with these chronic, interlinked conditions, and providing a number of key recommendations for improving services. The report, aimed at policymakers, healthcare professionals and NHS commissioners, has been informed…
Outcomes from AHP student placements
Innovative multi-professional student placement project shows positive outcomes A pilot in Allied Health Professions student placements, funded by Health Education England and facilitated by the Institute of Osteopathy, has shown how an innovative interprofessional approach can deliver positive outcomes for students and educators, ultimately facilitating improved patient outcomes through the delivery of multi-disciplinary care. Read…
New date for NOA webinar
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…
MELODY – Investigating COVID-19 vaccine efficacy in immunocompromised people
A new national trial is recruiting people with rare autoimmune diseases to measure their COVID-19 antibody response following at least 3 vaccinations. The MELODY study is recruiting immunocompromised people to determine the antibody levels they develop in response to COVID-19 vaccination. The MELODY study aims to: Assess how many immunocompromised people have detectable antibodies against…
AI, data and the future of orthopaedics
Guest blog by Dr Arash Angadji, Chief Executive, Orthopaedic Research UK I was talking to a PhD student who has recently received one of our fellowship grants to research the use of statistical modelling to help better predict patient outcomes, who told me, ‘I am part of that generation that has grown up with computers,…
FLS amendment to the Health and Care Bill
Lord Black’s amendment to the Health and Care Bill calling for equal access to FLS On 20 January 2022, the House of Lords were again debating the Health and Care Bill and Lord Black of Brentwood put forward an amendment to the Bill which would make Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) a core service offered by…
Rheumatology PIFU guidance
The updated rheumatology PIFU (Patient Initiated Follow-Up) guidance is now on NHS England and NHS Improvement’s FutureNHS platform. The document is aimed at clinicians, service managers and commissioners the guidance supports the appropriate, safe, and sustainable implementation and delivery of PIFU for people with rheumatological conditions who are under the care of adult rheumatology services….
Guest blog: No pain, no gain?
Looking differently at leisure places as spaces for chronic pain management 15.5 million people in England live with chronic pain. Approximately 5.5 million (12% of the population) have high-impact chronic pain, where pain makes it an on-going challenge to take part in daily activities (Versus Arthritis, 2021). The main contributing factor for 8-in-10 people living…
NOA Annual Members’ Conference 2022 – call for speakers
The second National Orthopaedic Alliance (NOA) Annual Members’ Conference will take place in Birmingham on Wednesday 19 October 2022 and the NOA is now accepting submissions for speakers. Do you have a project, best practice or opportunity you would like to share with NOA members on the day? To put forward a speaker email [email protected]…
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…