A new and exciting young person's healthcare research advisory group, in partnership with the Manchester Clinical Research Facility, is launching for anyone aged between 11 and 24 living in Greater Manchester. Don't worry if you don't have experience of healthcare research either. If you have an interest in getting involved and having a say on what … Continue reading Young people’s voice in healthcare research across Greater Manchester
Do you take methotrexate and are you aged 12 to 16 years old? Would you like to take part in a workshop to help researchers develop a new way for young people to take methotrexate? If so, this workshop is just for you! Methotrexate is a medicine that is used to reduce the activity of the … Continue reading Methotrexate micro needle workshop
The Leeds City Region is a driving force for the healthcare sector in the United Kingdom, with world-leading clinical expertise and research capacity across its universities, hospitals, healthcare and medical device manufacturing sectors. From the need to ensure that research is translated and implemented in practice, Translate was established as a new partnership of universities in … Continue reading Translate: Realising medical technologies innovation in Leeds
Join the next Carion Fenn Foundation support group meeting on Thursday 10 August 2017 (6.30 pm - 8.30 pm EDT; 11.30 pm - 1.30 am GMT+1) if you are interested in patient empowerment, and want to get to grips with social media and how to best navigate the healthcare system! Maureen McGowan, a Community Education and … Continue reading Join the next Carion Fenn Foundation support group meeting
Would you like to get involved in helping to influence research into medicines for children with rheumatological conditions in the United Kingdom (UK)? If so, there are vacancies on the UK's paediatric rheumatology clinical studies group for patient, parent and carer representatives. The National Institute Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN): Children and Arthritis Research … Continue reading Influence the rheumatology research landscape as a patient, parent or carer
The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) has launched the 2018 Edgar Scene Prize competition, with the theme "My personal champion - supporting my everyday life with a rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (RMD)". The prize was established in memory of the late Edgar Stene, the founder and Secretary General of the Norwegian Rheumatism Association, who also lived with Ankylosing … Continue reading Edgar Stene Prize 2018
We are looking for two motivated individuals to join the EULAR Young PARE working group, the youth group of the European League Against Rheumatism's Standing Committee of People with Arthritis and Rheumatism in Europe (PARE). The successful applicants will be involved in all activities of the working group, including supporting World Arthritis Day and EULAR's … Continue reading Join the EULAR Young PARE working group
Remembering Félix Junquera Tejeda As I journey across the Atlantic from Orlando, Florida, I reflect on my experiences of the 3rd International Children’s Advisory Network (iCAN) Research and Advocacy Summit. From July 10th to July 14th, over 200 young people, parents, carers, young person’s advisory group leaders and scientific partners came together to raise the … Continue reading 3rd iCAN Research and Advocacy Summit
The next British Medical Journal (BMJ) Evidence-based nursing (EBN) tweet chat will take place on Wednesday 19 July 2017 between 8 pm and 9 pm (UK time, GMT+1). The focus of the tweet chat, titled ‘Health 2.0: Social media in healthcare’, is about using social media to engage and involve people and organisations in your … Continue reading Health 2.0: Social media in healthcare tweet chat
I am excited to announce that I have been nominated for three WEGO Health Awards in the 6th Annual WEGO Health Awards. The three awards that I have been nominated for include: Patient Healthcare Collaborator, Best in Show for Twitter, and Lifetime Achievement. WEGO Health is a mission-driven company connecting healthcare with the experience, skills, … Continue reading WEGO Health Awards
