Musculoskeletal

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Chronic musculoskeletal conditions such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are the single biggest cause of the rising burden of disability in England. These long term conditions have a huge negative impact on individuals including on employment, well-being, day to day function, mobility and pain.

There are about 200 different musculoskeletal conditions, which fall into five main groups

Inflammatory arthritis

Degenerative arthritis including osteoarthritis

Soft tissue pain

Back pain

And connective tissue diseases or CTD

There are approximately 350,000 people aged 16 years or older with rheumatoid arthritis in England.

An Arthritis Research UK report estimates that the number of people with osteoarthritis in England is around 7.3 million.

A common misconception is that little can be done for people with chronic musculoskeletal conditions, but this is not true. As a pharmacist you can support people with these conditions to live well and deal with their condition. Use the resources on this page to learn how to prevent disability by supporting your patients to aim for a healthy weight, increase physical activity and use medicines effectively.

The aim of this programme is to develop your skills and confidence to support people living with chronic pain. You will consider the safe and effective use of medicines, focusing on opioids, and how to use a person-centred approach to empower people to live well with pain.

Learning Outcomes:

• explain the basic principles of analgesic stewardship
• demonstrate approaches to overcome barriers and potential challenges to safe and effective use of opioids you may encounter in practice
• apply a shared decision-making approach to discussions involving pain, with a focus on safe and effective use of opioids
• discuss your role in supporting people with opioid reduction and deprescribing
• support people to self-manage their pain while demonstrating a person-centred approach.

This guideline covers the diagnosis, assessment and non-surgical management of osteoarthritis. It aims to improve management of osteoarthritis and the quality of life for people with osteoarthritis.

NICE Clinical guideline Rheumatoid arthritis in adults: management

Whether you're looking for information about your arthritis condition, or you want to support family and friends, we're here to help.

This programme comprises eight interactive modules aimed at supporting clinicians in primary care to develop the competencies required for delivering consistent and effective musculoskeletal (MSK) care. Each module includes self-assessment elements and provides certification upon successful completion.

This e-assessment is linked with the CPPE Deprescribing opioids in people with chronic pain focal point programme and assesses you on the learning outcomes in that programme.

Why should I do this assessment?

This e-assessment completes the learning you began with the CPPE Deprescribing opioids in people with chronic pain focal point programme. Access and successful completion will contribute to your own personal development plan, be recorded in your My CPPE record, and will enable you to complete a CPD entry on the learning. It may also provide evidence for achieving competencies in the different competency frameworks that apply across your career. If you are working towards completing a Declaration of Competence for a pharmacy service, successful completion of this assessment will provide evidence of your learning.

The MSK-HQ is a short questionnaire that allows people with musculoskeletal conditions (such as arthritis or back pain) to report their symptoms and quality of life in a standardised way.

The Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA) is the umbrella body for the arthritis and musculoskeletal community in the UK, and our mission is to transform the quality of life of people with musculoskeletal conditions

We provide information and support services for those affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA), their families, friends, carers and health professionals.