Outcomes data collection in orthopaedics
The latest NOA guest blog post by Rebecca Lafferty, national PROMS network co-ordinator and outcomes manager (Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) looks at outcomes data collection in orthopaedics and outlines her personal experience of outcomes pathways and processes. Outcomes data collection can mean different things to different people. It depends on…
Pain Alliance Europe Chronic Pain Survey
The Pain Alliance Europe is inviting people with chronic pain or their caregivers to take part in their 2021 survey on diagnosis and treatment. It’s available in 15 languages. This is a second version of the survey The Pain Alliance Europe conducted in 2017. It will compare the responses from four years ago with the…
School toolkit for hypermobility support
School toolkit launched to support pupils with hypermobility-related disorders The Ehlers-Danlos Support UK (EDS UK) and the Hypermobility Syndromes Association (HMSA) have together launched an online toolkit for schools to support pupils with hypermobility-related disorders. The new website aims to provide school staff with simple information about symptomatic hypermobility and the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and…
Implementing patient-initiated follow-up in rheumatology
New guidance on implementing patient-initiated follow-up (PIFU) in adult rheumatology services is now available. For clinicians, service managers and commissioners the guidance will support the appropriate, safe and sustainable implementation and delivery of PIFU for people with rheumatological conditions who are under the care of adult rheumatology services. You can find the guidance on NHS…
New CCAA Award Badges
The CCAA launched their new award badge scheme in April, which is designed to support families coping with a child/young person with a paediatric rheumatic condition and/or uveitis. Siblings in the family are also eligible and CCAA has even designed a badge with them in mind. Anyone (family, friends, teachers, healthcare professionals, sports coaches, neighbours…
New AHP student placement project
An innovation in Allied Health Professions (AHP) student placements has begun in which osteopathic clinics at the undergraduate institutions provide observation opportunities for other AHP students. This Health Education England initiative, facilitated by the Institute of Osteopathy, provides a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary working amongst the next generation of AHPs for the further benefit of…
BOA Annual Congress 2021 – abstracts close 7th May
Under the theme of tackling infection, the BOA Annual Congress will take place 21st-24th September 2021 at P&J Live, The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA). The programme will include the BOA keynote lectures, plenary speakers and an update from the BOA President Bob Handley on his Presidential year. The BOA have been working closely once again…
LJMU chronic pain experiences survey
Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) are aiming to understand chronic pain experiences in and out of the UK’s current lockdown. Individuals are invited to participate in the survey. Title of Project: Locked-down: Differences in Chronic Pain Experience Researcher: Dr David Moore and Bethany Donaghy, School of Psychology The study will take 20 minutes…
Delivering the Best MSK Health
I write this one year after the first lockdown was announced. It’s been a year of extremes, from the devastating number of deaths to the incredible success of the vaccination programme. For me personally it has been a year of being proud of the community that ARMA exists to represent and support. It has been…
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…