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BSR's External Affairs team campaigns to shape the UK’s healthcare agenda, promote high-quality rheumatology care and support the rheumatology workforce.

The team helps members locally and nationally, liaising with stakeholders across the health sector to promote the importance of a fully-staffed rheumatology multidisciplinary team.

Campaigning activities focus on:
  • Workforce issues (such as vacancies, poor retention and accessibility of training and education)
  • COVID-19 support (including specialty guidance and responses to parliamentary health and social care inquiries)
  • Access to care challenges (highlighting the importance of developing sustainable services that deliver equitable outcomes for everyone, accounting for individual, organisational and geographical barriers to care)
Please contact us for support on these and any other issues impacting you locally.

Workforce: creating fair access to care for everyone

 Dr Rosemary Hollick's looking at innovative solutions to halt the postcode lottery of care 11 Jul 2021 | News update | Interviews | Workforce
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Workforce report: key paediatric and adolescent messages

 BSR Vice President Jacqui Clinch discusses key paediatric and adolescent takeaways from our recently released report 5 Jul 2021 | News update | Commentary | Workforce
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Rheumatology workforce: 'Trying to do more than just keep afloat is a challenge'

 Dr Alan MacDonald talks about staff shortages and what impact it’s having 28 Jun 2021 | News update | Commentary | Interviews | Workforce
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Crisis in rheumatology: report finds dangerously high workforce shortages

 Our rheumatology multidisciplinary teams have long been swimming against a tide of staff shortages and vacancy rates 24 Jun 2021 | News update | Reports | Workforce
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Factsheet: Access to care in rheumatology

 This factsheet looks at the importance of developing sustainable services that deliver equitable outcomes for everyone 28 Aug 2020 | Factsheets and statements
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Factsheet: Quality Improvement

 The latest addition to our factsheet series reinforces our commitment to healthcare improvement in rheumatology 4 Aug 2020 | COVID-19 | Factsheets and statements
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Factsheet: Rheumatology and mental health

 Here is a summary of the relationship between MSK conditions and mental health 18 Dec 2019 | Factsheets and statements
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Factsheet: What is rheumatology?

 A breakdown of what rheumatology is, who it affects and what roles make up the MDT 14 Oct 2019 | Factsheets and statements
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Factsheet: Developmentally Appropriate Care

 Helping young people living with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases to manage their condition has unique challenges and requires a team approach 1 Dec 2018 | Factsheets and statements
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Work and Health: Rheumatology Fact Sheet

 Factsheet summarising obstacles to work for those with rheumatoid conditions 30 Sep 2018 | Factsheets and statements
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Biosimilars: rheumatology factsheet

 Factsheet about biosimilars, manufactured to be similar to an existing licensed reference biological medicine 31 Jul 2018 | Factsheets and statements
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BSR develops national referral criteria guidance

 This guidance serves to ensure that rheumatology departments see the right patients promptly 6 Oct 2021 | News update | Service guidance
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Top tips: Advice and Guidance

 Read new guidance developed by the Clinical Affairs Committee on how to work with Advice & Guidance 24 Nov 2020 | Service guidance
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Top tips: advice lines

 Rapid access to specialist advice has become increasingly important during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the disruption of routine outpatient services 23 Sep 2020 | COVID-19 | Service guidance
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Triage top tips

 As we move to the COVID-19 recovery phase, we want to share our top tips for improving triage 6 Aug 2020 | COVID-19 | Service guidance
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COVID-19: remote consultations

 New principles for rheumatology departments on remote consultations 17 Jun 2020 | COVID-19 | Service guidance
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Crisis in rheumatology: report finds dangerously high workforce shortages

 Our rheumatology multidisciplinary teams have long been swimming against a tide of staff shortages and vacancy rates 24 Jun 2021 | News update | Reports | Workforce
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Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology: the State of Play report

 Find out more about the recommendations that came out of the report 28 Nov 2019 | Reports
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Specialist nursing in rheumatology: the State of Play

 Specialist nursing in rheumatology: the State of Play. Our new report is out now 30 Apr 2019 | Reports
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Rheumatology in Scotland: the State of Play

 Rheumatology in Scotland: The State of Play is our second comprehensive report on rheumatology in Scotland 1 Dec 2018 | Reports
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Rheumatology in Northern Ireland: the State of Play

 Collaboration between British Society for Rheumatology and Arthritis Care in Northern Ireland 1 Jan 2018 | Reports
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Rheumatology in Wales: the State of Play

 Collaboration between BSR and the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society 31 Aug 2016 | Reports
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State of Play: Rheumatology UK

 The State of Play in UK Rheumatology is the first major policy report from the British Society for Rheumatology 1 Dec 2015 | Reports
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T: +44 (0) 20 7842 0900 E: bsr@rheumatology.org.uk

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