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📈 We've extended our support for the BSR-PsA Register at the
@aberdeenuni
until September 2027!
This extension allows longer-term follow-up, expansion of the patient cohort and data capture on newly available therapies ➡️
@hteraG_senoJ
@AberdeenEpi
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One of our
#BSR22
keynote speakers is Dr
@gspencegreen
. Grace is a junior doctor who challenges narratives surrounding disability, medicine & identity. She'll explore why there aren't more people working in healthcare with physical disabilities
👉
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There's a crisis in
#rheumatology
: our
#workforce
is understaffed and under-resourced, and patients face the consequences. We're sharing calls to action today from our brand new report: ‘Rheumatology workforce: a crisis in numbers’ 🏥.
Read now 👉
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Join us in
#Leeds
on 27 Feb for the
#Spondyloarthritis
: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Management course. Covering essential subjects such as clinical presentation & diagnosis of psoriatc
#arthritis
. Don't miss out 👉
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📢Now live! Our new guidelines for the treatment of rheumatic conditions during conception, pregnancy & breastfeeding.
They contain the latest evidence and best practice for prescribing immunomodulatory drugs and for treating comorbidities.
Read more➡️
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“Psoriasis is one of the most important bio markers in
#rheumatology
.”
“Always examine the foot, especially for enthesitis.”
“Dactylitis is more common in the foot than the hand. Other causes of dactylitis include gout, trauma and TB”.
- Dr Phillip Helliwell
#PsA
#BSR24
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Following reports yesterday around the use of the
@UniOfOxford
/
@AstraZeneca
#vaccine
for
#immunosuppressed
patients, we want to confirm the
#JCVI
position (as our guidance states) that this vaccine is considered safe for this patient group. More details:
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Huge well done to
@GSTTnhs
, which has won a
#BestPracticeAward
2022 for 'Digital health in rheumatology'. The judges said: "This is an outstanding example of best practice"
You can find out more at
#BSR22
, when the team will present their work.
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Due to the current situation around
#Covid19
, we have taken the difficult decision to announce that we're cancelling our Annual Conference
#BSR20
@SECGlasgow
. All the info here:
#coronavirus
#conferences
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The British Society for Rheumatology is supporting the
@rheum_covid
#COVID19
Global Rheumatology Registry. The initiative will help inform
#rheumatology
practice around the world and we will update members on how to share data as more information becomes available
#coronavirus
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We're super excited to welcome
@DrAiLynTan
as our new Editor-in-Chief for Rheumatology Advances in Practice (
@RheumJnl
). You can find Ai Lyn at
@UniversityLeeds
, Chapel Allerton &
@LeedsBRC
, or on a
@parkrunuk
🏃♀️. Find out more about her:
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Our eager
#BSR22
fun runners are off for a jog around beautiful Glasgow. We know lots of you tuning in at home are doing the same, what a lovely way to start day two 🏃
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We're delighted to welcome
@YelizPrior
to the team as one of our new Vice Presidents ✨ In this interview, we find out more about Dr Prior’s career and how she plans to amplify the voice of health professionals within the society.
Read more 👉
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Today we're celebrating
#WorldSj
ögrensDay, which honors the birthday of Dr. Henrik Sjögren, the Swedish ophthalmologist who first identified the disease, and giving us an opportunity to raise awareness for Sjögren’s syndrome 💙
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It's RA Awareness Week! This week is about challenging the misconceptions of 'arthritis' being a condition of the elderly or associated with ageing. Help us spread the message to make an impact, visit the
@NRAS_UK
website to find out how you can get involved.
#AnyoneAnyAge
#RAAW
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A rheumatology MDT should include consultants, specialist nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, psychologists, and podiatrists.
Our model below shows what MDT-led rheumatology care would look like
Help us make this possible 👉
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We’re campaigning to get
#rheumatology
services in the NHS to enable excellent care for all living with rheumatic and
#MSK
conditions.
Share our
#LivingFree
campaign video below 👇 and join the campaign by taking our e-action here:
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We've just published national referral criteria guidance for adult
#rheumatology
, aligning with
#GIRFT
and
#NEIAA
recommendations, to ensure departments see the patients that benefit most from their care.
Read more ▶️
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Today we remember BSR member Prof Justin Charles Mason in our
@RheumJnl
.
“Justin will be remembered not just as an outstanding clinical scientist and physician but as someone who always generously gave his time...”
-
@TYoungstein
and Dorian Haskard
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🌟 Congratulations to BSR Vice President
@YelizPrior
on becoming a professor 🌟
🎉🥳🎊 Can't describe how proud I am of my amazing wife, who's now Professor
@YelizPrior
🥰. I never had a doubt she'd get this, thoroughly deserved and recognition of all her hard work at
@SalfordUni
🎊🥳🎉
@RheumatologyUK
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#NHSClap
A huge thank you to all of our amazing members and all of their colleagues working to beat
#COVID19
. The work you're doing is incredible and we're behind you every step of the way 👏👏👏👏👏
#coronavirus
#NHS
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✨NEW
@NICEComms
#COVID19
guideline on rheumatological autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic bone disease. Providing key advice on how to minimise face-to-face contact in the delivery of services for the protection of patients and NHS staff. Read more 👉
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After years of BSR campaigning
@NICEComms
has approved the drugs etanercept, adalimumab and infliximab for use after conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Read more here 👉
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Based in Brighton, Newcastle or Liverpool? Our new two-day bespoke course for specialist
#nurses
focuses on clinical skills and knowledge required for excellent care in
#rheumatology
. Secure your place now:
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📢Calling all
#clinicians
:
@NHSEngland
needs your help in identifying high-risk patients. Follow the link to find out what you need to do now 👉
#COVID19
#coronavirus
#NHS
@andypbennett79
@RCPLondon
@CMO_England
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Hope you tuned into
@bbcnewsround
to hear
@chriswincup
talk about
#lupus
, a chronic, rare condition highlighted by
@selenagomez
.
@LUPUSUK
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We're thrilled to announce Sarah Campbell as our new CEO!
With over 20 years of
#leadership
experience in the health sector, Sarah's expertise is a perfect match for our mission.
Join us in welcoming her and learn more about her journey here:
#NewCEO
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Improve your understanding of Connective Tissue Diseases with this
#CTD
course on 7-8 Feb in
#Stevenage
✨ Learn more about advanced history taking, clinical examination & developing an academic profile. Book today 👉
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We have just updated our
#coronavirus
#COVID19
#rheumatology
guidance. This is our most significant update to date. Please take a look:
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We have published the first
#UK
Guideline for the management of
#lupus
in adults
@LUPUSUK
#LupusAwarenessMonth
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Make the most of your trip to
#Glasgow
in April with our pre-conference courses. The Essential Research Skills Course and Quality Improvement Workshop offer non-clinical skills to get your projects off the ground. Find out more👉
#Rheumatology
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Our President Dr Sanjeev Patel discusses the workforce crisis in
#rheumatology
in this letter, just published in the
@guardian
. One statistic we find particularly shocking is that in Northern Ireland, patients can wait six years for a referral 🤯
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We are delighted to announce that Chapel Allerton Hospital
@LeedsHospitals
has won a
#BestPracticeAward
for its brilliant example of multidisciplinary working to improve patient care.
#MDT
#TheLeedsWay
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We realise that this is a very difficult time, but humans do need a bit of light relief for the sake of our
#mentalhealth
. We are (mostly) all working from home now, so we've been sharing photos of our furry friends. Go on, share your
#rheumatologypet
in the comments... 🐫🐘🦃🐡
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NEW
#COVID19
guidance update ✨ Specifically looking at COVID-19 vaccinations and rituximab. You can find more information here 👉
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Congratulations to
@UofGMVLS
Prof Iain McInnes, President
@eular_org
& Massachusetts’s Dr Ellen Gravallese, President-Elect of
@ACRheum
who have been jointly awarded Germany’s prestigious Carol Nachman Prize for
#rheumatology
2019 ⭐️
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Just published: our new NICE accredited guideline 'Biologic DMARD safety guideline in
#inflammatory
#arthritis
' is now available to view here.
@RheumJnl
@NICEcomms
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It was a 6am start for
#BSR22
build weekend, getting everything ready to welcome you back to conference 🎉. Our team are on site along with hundreds of lovely tradespeople and the
@SECGlasgow
team.
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A few words on the life and career of Dr Andrew Keat (pictured), founder member and inaugural Chairman of
@britspauk
, who died two months ago after a long and dignified battle with motor neurone disease
▶️
#AxSpA
@NASSexercise
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So nice meeting everyone at the
#EULAR2019
tweetup and we look forward to welcoming you to
#BSR20
in Glasgow.
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Meet the team behind the first BSR online Adult and Paediatric Case-based Conference 💙
#CBC20
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Interesting piece on the chronic condition
#fibromyalgia
, which may affect as many as 1 in 20 people
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Our conferences are proudly child and baby friendly, we had a few newborns and older children at
#BSR19
We work with venues to ensure there are baby changing facilities and private spaces for quiet time/feeding for parents who prefer to have some privacy 👶
@kidneydoc101
@RichardPAConway
@UKKW2019
@eular_org
@ERAEDTA
@ISNkidneycare
@ASNKidney
@RenalAssoc
@BritRenalSoc
Three years ago I was thrown out of
@EULAR_Press
@eular_org
conference for taking a newborn baby to the Excel. Would love to see this at
@RheumatologyUK
conferences
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NEW✨Updated Giant Cell Arteritis guideline - ensuring clinicians have the latest information about diagnosis & treatment, bringing the latest peer-reviewed evidence & supporting clinicians in providing the best treatment for people with
#GCA
👉
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17.3M people in the UK have rheumatic/MSK conditions. As
#GeneralElection2024
nears, hear BSR VP
@PhysioWillGreg
on why getting the growth of the rheumatology workforce on the agenda is vital. Please take our simple e-action and share to support this goal:
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Pleased to see our response letter to a
@FinancialTimes
piece on hydroxychloroquine has been published. The letter from our president clarifies that the drug is not in short supply in the UK
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We've joined together with
@VersusArthritis
in an exciting collaboration to secure the long-term future of our patient studies on children and young people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Read more here 👉
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We welcome new Green Book guidance recommending 🦠
#COVID19
vaccination 👩⚕️ prior to planned immunosuppression (👉 see ). If your department is struggling to implement the guidance, we can help: email policy
@rheumatology
.org.uk for more.
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We've developed a new guidance resource on
#corticosteroids
in
#msk
and
#rheumatic
conditions during
#coronavirus
w/
@BritOrthopaedic
@BASSspine
@thecsp
, published by
@NHSEngland
➡️ (this is also listed in our
#COVID19
guidance piece)
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We're thrilled to be receiving this award. Thank you! 👏🥳🏆
Congratulations to
@RheumatologyUK
- you've officially been named a Top 50 inspiring workplace in The 2023 EMEA Inspiring Workplaces Awards!
#EmployeeExperience
#Diversity
#Wellbeing
#leadership
#culture
#purpose
#communication
#EmployeeEngagement
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🌞 Rise and shine! We're in for another busy day of
#BSR23
! First up, our fun runners are off for a jog in beautiful Manchester city centre!
🏃♂️🏃♀️
Online attendees, we'd love to see a pic from where you're running.
#IfYouKnowYouKnow
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It's International Women and Girls in Science day! We're proud to have 3 women as our current presidents and such a strong and diverse membership of
#WomenInSTEM
We thank all
#WomenInScience
for their hard work and dedication and for paving the way for the next generation.
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Thank you to everyone who joined us live at
#BSR21
: you helped make our first online Annual Conference a great success 🎊 From tomorrow until 30 July, you'll be able to access all the content on-demand.
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One of our
#BSR22
keynote speakers is Dr
@gspencegreen
. Grace is a junior doctor who challenges narratives surrounding disability, medicine & identity. She'll explore why there aren't more people working in healthcare with physical disabilities
👉
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Belated congratulations to
@ZoeClarkOsteo
from
@NASSexercise
, who won the Chris Moran poster Award at
#BSR22
for abstract ‘Bridging the gap: co-producing a virtual self-management programme for individuals living with
#AxSpA
' 👏
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We've just closed today's registration for
#BSR22
. If you came along to our Badge and Beverage event, we hope you had a great time. Here's our President Dr Sanjeev Patel and Vice President
@YelizPrior
enjoying a catch-up.
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Rise and shine at
#BSR18
! Here are the fun runners about to enjoy the beautiful sights along the Mersey
#Liverpool
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📄 Newly-published: our Sjögren disease (SD) guideline!
Feat. insights from Elizabeth Price, Coziana Ciurtin, and Bridget Crampton. Learn about evidence-based recommendations for managing adult and juvenile-onset SD, and download the free summary sheet:
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Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
♀️ On this day, we asked some of our amazing speakers at our upcoming Annual Conference
#BSR21
to tell us what it's like being a woman in rheumatology, and what their career highlight is. Read here 👉
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Just published: our latest State of Play report ‘Rheumatology in Scotland’. The report focuses on what our specialty is like in Scotland at the moment and on the work done by members of BSR & SSR to tackle the issues that Scotland faces. Read more here:
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"In the midst of the pandemic, the need for accurate information is urgent. The
#rheumatology
community responded rapidly, with a group of over 300 rheumatologists, scientists and patients from around the world forming
@rheum_covid
over a few days" Excellent,
@philipcrobinson
!
Our latest piece => The COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance: collecting data in a pandemic | Nature Reviews Rheumatology
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What a wonderful second module for our Future Leaders programme, covering important topics like influencing without positional power, and using data to influence stakeholders and achieve outcomes.
There was also time for a group illuminated trail yesterday evening! ✨
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Some news!
@RheumJnl
's new 2018 Impact Factor is 5.149, and we're ranked fifth in our field🤓🦉😺
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We're on site in Liverpool setting up the Ultrasound education course and
#BSR18
Annual Conference. The city has rewarded us with a gorgeous sunset.
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🤓 Read our latest interview with our incoming President, Dr Sanjeev Patel. Get to know more about Dr Sanjeev Patel as he talks to us about his career, plans for the future 🔮 of BSR and how the pandemic has changed priorities 👉
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It's
#WorldArthritisDay
and we'd like to share the latest in
#arthritis
research with you. This specially curated collection of articles from
@RheumJnl
are all available free/open access ➡️ 🍾🥳💙
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We have updated our COVID-19 member guidance in light of recent developments and specific questions from our members. Read more here:
#Coronavirus
#COVID19
#Rheumatology
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Top up your CPD this year with our Core Skills in
#Rheumatology
course, offering all rheum professionals clinical updates & essential education through interactive lectures, pre-learning & discussion sessions 💙 Book your study leave for 3 December 👉
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Today we've launched the
#RheumatologyRoundtable
: a new video series that highlights the key information you’ll find in our clinical guidelines.
🎥 Our first episode features the 2022 myositis guideline.
Watch for unique insights from our expert panel!
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We're thrilled to be at our keynote session where Prof Lucy Wedderburn is delivering our Heberden round.
#BSR23
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To attract clinicians to
#rheumatology
, extend scope of practice and meet patient demand, enhanced roles for
#AHPs
,
#pharmacists
and
#nurses
in rheumatology settings must be developed.
🌟 Read our 'Rheumatology
#workforce
: a crisis in numbers' report 🔎
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Good morning to our Manchester attendees! We hope you're as excited as we are to get started for
#BSR23
. Collect your badge from 8am onwards.
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We're really pleased to have co-funded this important
#MSK
and
#COVID19
study with
@VersusArthritis
. It's led by our brilliant member
@AberdeenEpi
at
@AberdeenUni
, looking at the effects of lockdown. Can't wait to hear what it turns up:
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We have slightly tweaked our risk stratification guide for
#clinicians
that went live last night. If you've already looked at the news story, please refresh in case it's cached. It's just a couple of small changes, but we wanted to make sure you all knew.
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Thrilled for Dr Samir Patel from Southmead Hospital (
@NorthBristolNHS
), winner of Healthcare Champion of Excellence at tonight's
@NRAS_UK
Healthcare Champion awards. Here he is with his justifiably extremely proud son!
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New health economic modelling reveals that expanding the rheumatology workforce lowers the combined health and societal costs and improves patient health for newly diagnosed
#RheumatoidArthritis
.
Urge your local MP to take the
#ThePeopleWeNeed
pledge: .
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We accidentally deleted our celebratory tweet 🤯, so here it is again... Congratulations to BSR member Prof Adewale Adebajo (pictured) on his MBE for services to patient and public involvement in research, and to Prof Ali Jawad on his recent OBE. We're very proud of you 🎉
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Since the announcement of the second
#COVID19
#lockdown
in England, we know there’s been some confusion about which
#rheumatology
patients are considered clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV). We want to clarify ➡️
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🌍🦵Celebrate
#WorldPTDay
with us!
Our Vice President
@PhysioWillGreg
, and our dedicated physio working group collaborated with
@WorldPhysio1951
to create valuable resources on inflammatory arthritis.
Explore the info sheets here:
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NEW! Our National Early Inflammatory
#Arthritis
Audit annual report 2019 is live – find out about time to appointment, treatment and patient outcomes in the
#NEIAA19
findings here
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All lined up and ready to go... Can you spot a
#rheumatology
buddy in the line-up? Have fun, everyone!
#BSR19
#rheumatology
#conference
#running
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This
#WorldArthritisDay
we’ve collated some of our top recent
#arthritis
content from
@rheumjnl
for you to peruse over your coffee break ⏬ 1/5
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Today marks the first WOrld young Rheumatic Diseases Day! The aim of
#WORDDay2019
is to raise parental, professional and societal awareness of these illnesses in children. Spread the word & find out more:
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Huge congratulations to the Best Practice Award Winners 2018 – you should be incredibly proud of what you've all achieved.
#BSR18
@PMSKP
@LandDHospital
@NHSGGC
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With significant advances in the understanding of the underlying disease mechanisms of Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), plus new treatments and products now available, we're currently developing updated guidelines that any non-specialist rheumatologist can use.
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Congrats to
@WeAreLSCFT
's
#rheumatology
service for achieving Quality Review Scheme accreditation. The excellent staff team showcased high-quality processes and outcomes for patients and should be proud 💙
Find out more 👉
@lizzymacphie
@SarahFishPhysio
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In the wake of tonight's update to government guidance, we're working to update our own in response, as well as to give you the latest information we have on the vaccine and rheumatology conditions. We'll have this live as soon as we can.
UPDATE: The UK COVID-19 Alert Level will move from Level 4 to Level 5.
This means the number of cases is rising and there is a risk of healthcare services being overwhelmed.
See joint statement from the four UK Chief Medical Officers ⬇️
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A huge thank you to
@aberdeenepi
, who's closing
#BSR21
now. He's done an incredible job leading the Heberden Committee (who organise the programme) through a very trying year for conference. His time on Heberden is now at an end: he hands over to incoming chair Ruth Richmond 💙
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All
#BSR20
#abstracts
have been published in the
#Rheumatology
supplement book 📖 🤓 review abstracts on all submission topics from
#audit
to
#vasculitis
and look out for our award-winning abstracts 🏆
@RheumJnl
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We've added a new resource to help
#clinicians
identify high-risk patients for shielding. Access the new scoring grid, risk stratification guide and patient letter here👉
#COVID19
#coronavirus
#NHS
@andypbennett79
@RCPLondon
@CMO_England
📢Calling all
#clinicians
:
@NHSEngland
needs your help in identifying high-risk patients. Follow the link to find out what you need to do now 👉
#COVID19
#coronavirus
#NHS
@andypbennett79
@RCPLondon
@CMO_England
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Phillip Helliwell presents “Dr Helliwell examined me too much” - clinical rheumatology in 2024' at our Heberden Round session.
#BSR24
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#BSR23
venue
@mcr_central
looking glorious tonight for our arrival. The organising team are on site getting everything prepped ready for Monday. We can’t wait to see you all.
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The events team are up in
#Glasgow
for a site visit at our 2020 Annual Conference venue! Who’s excited for next years event? 🎉
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We've published the 1st ever
#UK
guideline for the management of adults with Primary
#Sj
ögren’s
#Syndrome
@NICEcomms
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Thank you to
@ScottishLabour
Health Spokesperson
@jackiebmsp
for raising our report in parliament and calling for the Scottish Government to invest in
#rheumatology
#workforce
numbers and boost training places.
You can see the motion here:
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