Save Our Pools – Guest Blog
Exercise is the single most important thing that anyone with axial SpA (AS) can do to self-manage their condition. It’s not always possible though; if someone is experiencing a flare or has severe physical disability as a result of their condition then exercising on land can be pretty much impossible. Exercising in water however is…
Ration Watch – Surgery
ARMA has been working with the Medical Technology Group (MTG) to raise concerns about increasing rationing of joint replacement surgery. The MTG is a coalition of patient groups, research charities and medical device manufacturers working to improve access to cost effective medical technologies for everyone who needs them. MTG has concerns about treatment rationing in…
Evidence into Practice Challenge 2019
Evidence into Practice – Finding the next big idea Do you have an evidence-based idea to change clinical practice? Apply to the Evidence into Practice Challenge, a call to healthcare professionals and researchers in the West of England. Evidence-based ideas are sought for initiatives or projects to improve healthcare. The West of England AHSN will…
Autoimmune Diseases Training Day
King’s Health Partners Inter-Disciplinary Autoimmune Diseases Training Day 13 April 2019 Presented by Dr. James Galloway, Christian Pankhurst, Matthew Collison & Rebecca Roopnarine. This free study day is open to all medical, nursing and AHP staff involved in managing patients with autoimmune conditions and will focus on the identification and management of musculoskeletal complications. For…
NASS delivers inaugural meeting of the first ever APPG on AS
Last week saw a momentous event for people living with axial SpA (AS) in the UK, when NASS held the inaugural meeting of the first ever all-party parliamentary group (APPG) specifically for Axial Spondyloarthritis. Parliamentarians, policy makers, clinicians, healthcare commissioners and NASS members and staff came together to identify and address concerns about AS care….
Making Connections with NASS Voices
In 2018 NASS held two community engagement conferences called NASS Voices, in Scotland and Northern Ireland, aiming to bring together people with axial SpA (AS), their families and friends, local rheumatologists, nurses, physiotherapists and others interested in the condition. The team wanted people to come with questions and leave with answers. Feedback indicated that these…
Ask your MP to attend drop-in event on Aids and Adaptations
Versus Arthritis is excited to report that over 1,000 people have answered the survey on aids and adaptations. This has provided us with some really useful evidence, which VA will share with MPs next month in Parliament. Versus Arthritis are organising a drop-in session on 20 March 2019 for MPs across the UK. At the…
How to integrate mental and physical healthcare for long term musculoskeletal conditions
Friday 29 March 2019, 3:00pm The importance of integrating psychosocial care into the treatment of long term musculoskeletal conditions is well established. What would this look like in practice? Using the example of the 3 Dimensions for Long Term Conditions service at King’s Health Partners this webinar will cover why and how to provide and…
MSK Core Offer
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ARMA has welcomed the inclusion of references to MSK in the NHS Long Term Plan. The real challenge is how to implement this in the local NHS plans. ARMA has set out the “core offer” of MSK services and support which need to be implemented locally if the ambition of the long term plan is…
BMJD World Congress 2019
The 7th World Congress on Controversies, Debates & Consensus in Bone, Muscle & Joint Diseases (BMJD) will take place October 17-19, 2019 in Taipei, Taiwan. This is your chance to interact with international experts from all areas of rheumatology in one place. The BMJD aims to reach consensus on controversial issues through debates and expert…