Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance

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Health Policy
                     

 

Musculoskeletal Services Framework July 2006

In July 2006 the Department of Health launched the Musculoskeletal Services Framework. In July 2009 ARMA reviewed the implementation of the MSF in a document Joint Working?: An audit of the implementation of the Department of Health’s Musculoskeletal Services Framework.

 

Overview

The Musculoskeletal Services Framework demonstrates a new model of service to deliver better care, closer to home for the estimated 10 million people in the UK with bone and joint conditions. The Musculoskeletal Services Framework (‘MSF’) provides the NHS with new guidance to help improve services for people suffering from conditions such as arthritis,back pain and fractures. The Framework sets out how the NHS can use a wider range of health professionals including physiotherapists, nurses and pharmacists in addition to GPs and hospital consultants. By using more staff to treat patients – rather than just the traditional GP-consultant axis – patients will receive faster treatment, in a more convenient setting such as closer to home rather than in hospital. The framework is crucial to delivering the 18 week pathway  from GP referral as orthopaedic waiting times present currently one of the greatest challenges to meeting the target.

  • Musculoskeletal Services Framework  (pdf 2.36MB)
  • MSF Implementation Guide (pdf 663KB)
    A summary of the key recommendations of the MSF as well as further information to assist in its implementation.
  • MSF Summary  (pdf 43.8KB)
    A shorter summary to aid local implementation for developing a health economy-wide process, in conjunction wtih the MSF.
  • MSF Related Resources (pdf 68KB)
    A guide to websites and other resources to supplement the MSF and assist staff in accessing further specific information when developing musculoskeletal services.
  • MSF Patient Booklet  (pdf 899KB) 
    Information on bone and joint problems – getting the most from your local health services.

 

How will the Darzi Review affect YOU?

A year in the making, Health Minister Lord Darzi’s next stage review of the NHS is finally here. The culmination of the year-long next stage review came with the publication of his report “High Quality Care for All” and the accompanying workforce and primary and community care strategies.

While the past 10 years of NHS reform were designed to increase capacity, the next task is to increase quality and personalisation and give more power to clinicians and patients.

Darzi sets a new foundation for a health service that empowers staff and gives patients choice. It ensures that health care will be personalised and fair, include the most effective treatments within a safe system, and help patients to stay healthy.

The final report of Lord Darzi’s NHS Next Stage Review. It responds to the 10 SHA strategic visions and sets out a vision for an NHS with quality at its heart.

NICE

        National Institute for Health and Clinical Exellence         Who we are The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health. Read more about who we are .     What we do NICE produces guidance in three areas of health: public health – guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention of ill health for those working in the NHS, local authorities and the wider public and voluntary sector health technologies – guidance on the use of new and existing medicines, treatments and procedures within the NHS clinical practice – guidance on the appropriate treatment and care of people with specific diseases and conditions within the NHS.       How we work NICE guidance is developed using the expertise of the NHS and the wider healthcare community including NHS staff, healthcare professionals, patients and carers, industry and the academic world. Read more about how we work    

Policy Forum

     ARMA Policy Forum The ARMA Policy Forum exists to create a strategic level body to discuss matters of policy and service commission related to the Arthrutis and Musculkeletal community. The Forum has the following mission statement: ‘To work with all sectors of devolved, national, regional and local government;  primary care clinical staff, commisioning bodies, public and private sectors to improve the understanding of, and commitment to, and the importance of high quality services to people effected by Arthritis and Musculoskeletal conditions in the United Kingdom.’  Underpinning this mission are the following aims: Acting as an advocacy body to promote and communicate the scope of diverse views that exist, what consensus might be achieved and who the relevant specialists are. Encouraging national, devolved, regional and local government to strengthen their commitment to the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal community and its development of relevant policy and strategy, the identification of appropriate research and the dissemination and highlighting of good practice. The ARMA Policy Forum is a closed membership, if you wish to contribute, please contact ron@arma.me.uk for details.        Participating in the forum The Forum is for registered users only. If you would like to contribute please register, or speak to ARMA officer or contact us at the email below. All Forum users will be asked to sign up to the Standards Forum policy the first time they log on.        Sharing information Whilst not everyone can access the Forum, we may from time to time choose to use or share information from it. Discussions on the Forum may inform our guidance, provide examples of notable practice, and point us to areas of concern for standards committees that we may want to address. Please note that ARMA does not endorse the opinions expressed on the Forum.

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