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The evening was a huge success with around 70 people attending the launch of this support group at the Link Centre in Oldham town centre on 12th October 2011.
Speakers included:
- Dr Devakumar, Consultant Rheumatologist – ‘Treatment of RA Past, Present, Future’
- Nick Brierley, Clinical Specialist Podiatrist – ‘Put your best foot forward’
- Sarah Critchley, Rheumatology Specialist Nurse – ‘What specialist Nursing can do for you’
- Charlie Laver, Occupational Therapist – ‘Occupational Therapy: More than just gadgets’
A cheque was presented to NRAS by Danielle Whitmore, our Clinical Assessment Nurse, who raised £483 running the gruelling 12 mile Hell up North run at Dellamere Forrest in September.
The evening finished with a very helpful and informative Question and Answer session with our team of multi disciplinary clinicians giving the audience an opportunity to grill the health professionals!
NRAS will continue to hold support group meetings throughout the year, for more info please see our ‘Patient Support Groups’ section.
Above: Clare Jacklin (External Affairs Manager for NRAS) opening the event and right, receiving cheque from Danielle Whitmore
HEALTH minister Lord Howe came to Oldham yesterday to put the spotlight on a pioneering way of helping patients take charge of their own health.
He met staff and patients from Pennine MSK, a musculoskeletal service based at Oldham Integrated Care Centre which diagnoses and treats patients with conditions such as arthritis, rheumatism, joint and back pain …
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Clinical and Administrative staff from Pennine MSK took part in this year’s Race for Life at Heaton Park in Manchester on Sunday 10th July 2011.
Heaton Park was a sea of pink as up to 12,000 women took part in the annual race.
The hugely-popular event is set to raise nearly £1m for Cancer Research UK after record numbers turned out to run, walk or jog in memory of loved ones lost to or battling cancer.
If you would like to take part in next year’s Race for Life visit http://www.raceforlife.org/
Members of the Admin Team wore it red for the day on Friday 18th March 2011. Each contributed £2 to raise money for Comic Relief, and armed with red buckets collected contributions from services throughout the Integrated Care Centre. On top of this we made it into the Oldham Evening Chronicle:
“Tutu’s, wigs and leg warmers were order of the day for rollicking retro fund-raising by staff at rheumatology specialists Pennine MSK Partnership Ltd.”
http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/54184/74m-rednosed-recordbreaker
After everybody’s fantastic efforts we managed to raise £324.37, NatWest bank offered to double this, raising in total a staggering £648.74!
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has sent a seal of approval to a flagship Oldham service for the care it gives to patients. Thousands of people benefit from the help offered by the Pennine MSK Partnership, which offers specialist rheumatology, orthopaedic and chronic pain-relief services to Oldhamers and has been held up as a beacon for the way NHS services should be run across the country. Reporter Marina Berry spoke to some of the people who run it — and to some of the patients…
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