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Delivering Quality and Value across Musculoskeletal Pathways

Improving efficiency and patient care across local services

26th May 2010, London

http:// www.hsj-msk.com

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Musculoskeletal conditions have an adverse influence on the health and wellbeing of a large proportion of the population and place a significant burden on the NHS. There is however no single diagnostic test that can confirm a particular condition and herein lies the problem . This is not a new problem but in a time when budgets are being slashed and efficiencies need to be made, how can you justify not dealing with this problem head on?

If you need guidance on tackling any of these issues then this is an event that is not-to-be missed. Join colleagues from across MSK services and discover how you too can drive service improvements and impact on local outcomes at HSJ's Delivering Quality and Value across Musculoskeletal Pathways

Benefit from focused, in-depth sessions led by dynamic top-level speakers, including:

• Peter Kay , Vice President, British Orthopaedic Association
• David Marsh , Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science, UCL
• Ros Meek , Director, ARMA
• Professor Peter Littlejohns , Clinical and Public Health Director, NICE
• Philip Bull , Clinical Director and Consultant Rheumatologist, East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust
• Jill Gamlin MBE , Consultant Physiotherapist, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Plus, don't miss our pre-conference seminar on the 25th May 2010:

Effectively Managing Musculoskeletal Services

Musculoskeletal: Workforce, Performance and Capacity Management

Join Ros Meek , Director of the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance as she guides you through innovative ways of making the most out of your local workforce. Including:

• Making the most out of your local musculoskeletal workforce
• Clinical governance: Improving the quality of the patient experience as well as the clinical outcomes
• Achieving cost savings at a service level through intelligent performance management
• Managing capacity, improving outcomes and getting people back to work

Summary of a research project by Karen Kearney of Bond University, Australia. Nearly one hundred Scleroderma Society members participated in this research in 2008.

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