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NRAS launch new module for their major new e-learning programme SMILE-RA

Join the nearly 1,000 people who are SMILING! Last September, NRAS launched their unique and engaging e-learning experience for people with RA and their families who want to understand more about RA, its treatments and how to minimise its impact on your quality of life. SMILE-RA has a modular approach to learning, so each module is […]

News, 21 Apr

Covid-19 Outcomes in Children With JIA

Severe COVID-19 Outcomes Rare Among Children and Young People With Rheumatic Diseases. According to a press release issued by the Children Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA), severe Covid-19 outcomes and hospitalisations are uncommon among children with JIA and other musculoskeletal diseases. The research used data from the following to identify children with Rheumatic and […]

News, 13 Apr

Thousands More Patients to Access Second Ground-Breaking Antiviral

Thousands more vulnerable people eligible to receive the UK’s second antiviral Paxlovid, which has been added to the PANORAMIC national study. Paxlovid reduced the risk of hospitalisation or death by 88% in clinical trials and is already available directly through the NHS to highest-risk patients. The UK has procured more antivirals per head than any […]

News, 13 Apr

The Spring Booster

The spring booster vaccine is now being offered to those that are aged over 75 and those aged over 12 who are immunosuppressed. For many people that are immune suppressed this will be their 5th dose. As long as there is a 3-month gap between the date of their last vaccination, patients can now access […]

News, 21 Mar

NHS Launch platform to Empower Patients

The NHS have now released a Platform in which patients can access information the latest average wait time to see a specialist in their area as well as general information and support. The site will be updated weekly and is ‘open-access’. This means that it is available to friends, family and relatives as well. The […]

News, 08 Feb

NRAS, partners with Inmedix to develop ‘Stress Matters’ resources

The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) proudly announces that thanks to funding provided by Inmedix, the charity is embarking on a project to develop resources explaining the impact of stress on developing or exacerbating rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. The project will include a UK nationwide survey of those living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) leading to the […]

News, 06 Dec

News from NICE on anti-fibrotic treatment for non-IPF patients

NRAS and NICE are pleased to announce that our recent campaign, backed by patients, families and medical experts, to end the inhumane restrictions on a life-extending anti-fibrotic drug for patients with pulmonary fibrosis has been successful. As of 18 October 2021, NICE has agreed that UK doctors will soon be able to prescribe the anti-fibrotic […]

News, 17 Sep

National Charity launches first of its kind e-learning programme in Rheumatoid Arthritis – SMILE-RA

Today, 17 September, 2021, the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society launches a unique new resource to add to its portfolio of supported self-management programmes, services, publications and digital offerings, called SMILE-RA (Self-Management Individualised Learning Environment in Rheumatoid Arthritis). Rheumatoid Arthritis (>400,000 adults live with RA in the UK) is a serious and complex autoimmune disease characterised […]

News, 31 Aug

The OCTAVE study results

The OCTAVE study results were released on 24 August 2021 and we realise that the initial headlines could cause concern and worry. The study looked at vaccine response of those who are ‘immuno-compromised’ which includes a very wide range of people at varying levels of immune-compression. What the study has shown is that compared to people […]

News, 27 Jul

HCP Only – GRA physician registry: COVID-19 cases after vaccination

If you are a healthcare provider Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry are looking for patient clinical information on patients with COVID-19 after vaccination. The GRA physician registry is now focusing on patients who develop COVID-19 after their vaccination. If you have these patients, GRA would deeply appreciate if you could take a moment to enter their […]

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