Resource Hub Try searching our resource hub to find the articles, videos, tools and publications most helpful for you. I am... Employer Health Professional Someone with RASelect topic... About NRAS Apni Jung info for South Asian community Community COVID-19 Diagnosis and Monitoring Diet and Exercise Events Family Planning Healthcare professionals Other Conditions Research Self-management Symptoms and Causes Treatment Work and BenefitsSelect resource type... Article Facebook Live NRAS Live Publication Video Clear All Article Disability Benefits Consortium The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) is a national coalition of over 100 different charities and other organisations committed to working towards a fair benefits system. As part of the DBC, we speak up for NRAS Members who rely on disability benefits. Article Patient Views Representative Our volunteers are integral to our service delivery and help by providing a listening ear, taking part in research projects, raising awareness of RA and JIA and their impact, providing administrative backup and much more! About the role We are looking for people across the UK to participate on advisory boards and take part in online focus groups. This will be ad-hoc […] Article Prescription Charges Coalition England is the only nation of the United Kingdom in which people still pay prescription charges. For people living with RA, JIA and other long-term conditions, this can be a serious financial burden. NRAS is one of the 51 charities who form the Prescription Charges Coalition seeking to scrap prescription charges for people in England […] Article RA and mental health It has been suggested that depression in rheumatoid arthritis is nearly three times that of the general population, yet it often goes undiagnosed. NRAS is calling for every rheumatology unit in the UK to ask people using their services about their mental health. Although rheumatology units in the UK recognise that providing psychological support to […] Article Tell your story Every campaign starts when one person has an experience and thinks– ‘This needs to change’. We want to hear about your experience with RA, whether you are living with RA yourself or whether it affects someone you care about. The UK has made great progress in both treatment and outcomes for people with rheumatoid arthritis, […] Article Current campaigns Article Sequential use of advanced therapies For some time, NRAS has been concerned that some Integrated Care Boards (“ICBs”) have been artificially restricting access to advanced therapies (biologics, biosimilars/JAK inhibitors) in England, and we undertook a Freedom of Information request to all Clinical Commissioning Groups (as they were at the time) back in 2019. Our Patient Champion, Ailsa Bosworth, has been […] Article Other ways to get involved in research If you would like more information on research or would like to sign up to be an active participant click below: Article Focus groups If you’d like more information on research or would like to sign up to be an active participant, click below. Apply to become a Patient Views Representative for NRAS Are you looking to share your experience of living with RA to help others? Are you happy to participate in online meetings? Are you confident sharing your experiences, views […] Load more ↓
Article Disability Benefits Consortium The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) is a national coalition of over 100 different charities and other organisations committed to working towards a fair benefits system. As part of the DBC, we speak up for NRAS Members who rely on disability benefits.
Article Patient Views Representative Our volunteers are integral to our service delivery and help by providing a listening ear, taking part in research projects, raising awareness of RA and JIA and their impact, providing administrative backup and much more! About the role We are looking for people across the UK to participate on advisory boards and take part in online focus groups. This will be ad-hoc […]
Article Prescription Charges Coalition England is the only nation of the United Kingdom in which people still pay prescription charges. For people living with RA, JIA and other long-term conditions, this can be a serious financial burden. NRAS is one of the 51 charities who form the Prescription Charges Coalition seeking to scrap prescription charges for people in England […]
Article RA and mental health It has been suggested that depression in rheumatoid arthritis is nearly three times that of the general population, yet it often goes undiagnosed. NRAS is calling for every rheumatology unit in the UK to ask people using their services about their mental health. Although rheumatology units in the UK recognise that providing psychological support to […]
Article Tell your story Every campaign starts when one person has an experience and thinks– ‘This needs to change’. We want to hear about your experience with RA, whether you are living with RA yourself or whether it affects someone you care about. The UK has made great progress in both treatment and outcomes for people with rheumatoid arthritis, […]
Article Sequential use of advanced therapies For some time, NRAS has been concerned that some Integrated Care Boards (“ICBs”) have been artificially restricting access to advanced therapies (biologics, biosimilars/JAK inhibitors) in England, and we undertook a Freedom of Information request to all Clinical Commissioning Groups (as they were at the time) back in 2019. Our Patient Champion, Ailsa Bosworth, has been […]
Article Other ways to get involved in research If you would like more information on research or would like to sign up to be an active participant click below:
Article Focus groups If you’d like more information on research or would like to sign up to be an active participant, click below. Apply to become a Patient Views Representative for NRAS Are you looking to share your experience of living with RA to help others? Are you happy to participate in online meetings? Are you confident sharing your experiences, views […]