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Prevention is everyone’s business. Creating the conditions for good MSK health.

Too often, prevention is discussed as something that happens in clinics, advice about exercise, diet, or weight management given to us once problems begin to appear. But if we’re serious about improving musculoskeletal (MSK) health, we must think much more broadly. True prevention is not just about changing individual behaviour. It’s about shaping the environments,...
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20 Million Reasons our new strategy matters

Publishing a new strategy is always a moment to pause. Not just to look ahead, but to reflect on why the choices you're making matter and why now is the right time to be ambitious. ARMA's new strategy is grounded in a simple but powerful truth: there are 20 million reasons to act. Over 20...
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A moment to reflect and a moment to act

As we approach publication of ARMA's new five-year strategy, this feels like an important moment to pause and reflect on the state of musculoskeletal (MSK) health, our sector, and our Alliance. The challenges are clear. Community MSK waiting lists remain among the longest in the NHS, leaving too many people waiting in persistent pain and...
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NRAS: Launching our Welsh Survey Results

In Autumn 2024, NRAS conducted a Survey of people with Inflammatory Arthritis (IA) across Wales, collecting data about the patient experience of accessing rheumatology services in 2024. NRAS launched the report on 22nd April 2025 when Peter Foxton, CEO of NRAS, hosted a live webinar discussing the results together with a discussion of how we...
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Ensuring the success of Fracture Liaison Services

New Fracture Liaison Services programme launching in 2025 The ROS is increasing resources for the Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) rollout in 2025. The Society will play an ambitious, pro-active role in the rollout of FLS in England. This reflects the critical importance of these secondary prevention services in closing the care gap. The ROS wants...
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NOA Physician Associates webinar – part 2

NOA Webinar: Physician Associates in Orthopaedic Services - Part 2 Date: 1 May 2024 at 1pm Venue: Virtual Event (Zoom) Join the NOA for Part 2 of their webinar, 'Physician Associates (PAs) in Orthopaedic Services'. Building on the success of the inaugural session, Part 2 will delve deeper into the future changes impacting the training,...
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NRAS Live: Meet the NRAS team

In this month's NRAS Live, the team at NRAS introduce you to their new Senior Policy Officer, Sadé, who has lived with RA for the past 2 years. Sadé joined the organisation in February and has hit the ground running on the prescription charges petition and Martha's Rule. Tune in to hear Sadé's story, how...
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NRAS Live: NEIAA 5 years on

Join the monthly NRAS Live on Wednesday 28th February. This month, Clare will be in discussion with Professor James Galloway, who will be presenting 5 years of the National Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit (NEIAA). James is the Analytics Lead for the NEIAA and an Academic Rheumatologist, Senior Lecturer at King's College London. There will be...
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Arthritis Action launches new three-year strategy

Focusing on improving daily life with arthritis for all UK Charity Arthritis Action has released its new three-year strategy setting out key objectives to improve daily life with arthritis for all, through self-management. The plan, which builds on its previous 2021-2023 strategy, highlights six key strategic priorities. Arthritis has traditionally been seen as a condition...
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It’s not all about MSK

A few days ago the Chief Medical officer, Chris Whitty, published his report for 2023 entitled health in an ageing society. I'm sure many of you will immediately seek out the MSK related content, skimming straight to the section on early diagnosis of osteoporosis or the case studies on ESCAPE-pain and MSK hubs. However, those...
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