News

Our Brand New JIA-at-NRAS Website has launched!

Since 2019 NRAS has been working hard on improving how we provide information to our members, supporters and the wider Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) community.

News, 19 May

NRAS and earthware announce a partnership to deliver a new patient support chatbot

The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) and earthware are pleased to announce a partnership to deliver a new patient support chatbot. The chatbot will be available on the NRAS website on Tuesday 26th May and help answer questions from its visitors.

News, 09 Apr

Latest action being taken by NRAS in response to COVID19 crisis

As a small national charity this crisis has taken its toil on NRAS.

News, 02 Apr

New video helps Asian rheumatology patients stay safe from COVID-19

Experts from the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford have joined the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) in reaching out to Asian people living with inflammatory forms of arthritis (IA) (in particular, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)) with information on how to keep themselves and their families safe from coronavirus.

News, 13 Mar

Coronavirus: What we know so far

We understand that many people with RA or JIA and their families may be concerned at the Coronavirus pandemic described by the World Health Organisation as ‘a global public health emergency’.

News, 10 Mar

EULAR issue new guidelines for the management of RA

The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) have issued updated guidelines on the management of RA, which had previously been updated in 2016.

News, 23 Jan

Important Statement from NRAS about access to medicines

For some time, NRAS has been concerned that some Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have been artificially restricting access to advanced therapies (biologics, biosimilars/JAK inhibitors) and undertook a Freedom of Information request to all CCGs about this.

News, 04 Nov

Congratulations to the Healthcare Champions of 2019

On 1st November, NRAS held its 6th Healthcare Champion awards ceremony in the magnificent surroundings of the Leathersellers’ Livery Hall in London.

News, 11 Oct

Shaping the Rheumatology Service in Scotland Scottish Quality Registry (ScotQR) for Rheumatoid Arthritis

People with RA will be interested to know about a new initiative very soon to be trialled in two areas of Scotland, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lanarkshire.