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Have homecare medicines services improved in 2024?

As we mark 18 months since the launch of our homecare medicines campaign, join us in assessing the current state of rheumatology homecare medicines services.
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New Paediatric GIRFT Clinical Leads

BSR is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Gavin Cleary and Dr Flora McErlane as National Paediatric Rheumatology Clinical Lead (job share) for the Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) review in paediatric and adolescent rheumatology.
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Annual Conference 2024: President’s picks

As we lead up to this year’s Annual Conference in Liverpool, we caught up with our President, Jo Ledingham so she could tell us more about her programme highlights.
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UK could save £69m yearly if Government uses budget to grow rheumatology workforce

BSR, alongside patient organisations and medical specialities, has called on the Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to urgently address workforce shortages and vacancies in rheumatology care in its spring budget. 
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e-Learning spotlight: NEIAA

In this month’s eLearning spotlight, we spoke to Dr Liz Price, Clinical Lead for the National Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit (NEIAA). She talked to us about how the audit has changed and key findings from the five-year report published last year.
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BSR Registers sign up to new research study initiative

The BSRBR-RA and UK JIA Biologics register has signed up to a new initiative aimed at supporting the next generation of research study investigators.
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Guideline revision: Polymyalgia rheumatica scope

Our polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) guideline is undergoing major revision following the high standards set by our Guidelines Protocol to incorporate the latest evidence
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Update from the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Clinical Leads

We are delighted to report that the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Adult Rheumatology workstream has now completed visits to all NHS Trusts in England.
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Homecare medicines services: Significant work still needed

A joint statement has been published saying that “Significant work is [still] needed to assure patients and clinicians of the future safety of homecare medicines services."
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Sustainability at Annual Conference 2024

Find out the plans we're implementing to become sustainable at our largest event of the year - annual conference.
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