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Article Disability Discrimination Case Study – The Equality Act 2010 Taken from: NRAS magazine, Autumn 2012 The following is a real case which Adish dealt with… Joe suffers from left hip early osteoarthritis with femoroacetabular impingement. He believes that this condition amounts to a disability within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010. Joe is currently employed as a Personal Trainer at “All About Health” gymnasium (his “Employer”) and has worked […]
Article Overcoming problems at work Taken from NRAS magazine, Spring 2011 People who are trying to remain in employment as well as manage long term health issues, often face stress, bullying and discrimination in the workplace in addition to the normal day-to-day difficulties they experience. Colleagues may actively victimise and bully staff members who appear to be different or weaker than […]
Article Guide to the Equality Act 2010 Taken from NRAS magazine, Winter 2010 This guidance has been prepared by Coffin Mew LLP to give an overview of the current protection provided to disabled persons under the Equality Act 2010 which replaced the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 with effect from 1 October 2010. Who is entitled to protection against disability discrimination? In order […]
Article Promoting mental wellbeing at work Taken from NRAS magazine, Spring 2010 NRAS welcomes the publication of The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance for employers on promoting mental wellbeing at work through productive and healthy working conditions. The guidance aims to help reduce the estimated 13.7 million working days lost each year due to work-related mental health […]
Article Benefits Introduction If you have rheumatoid arthritis, there are a number of different benefits that you can claim. Whether you are in or out of work, you may be able to claim personal independence payment to cover the extra costs that result from your condition; in Scotland, you can claim adult disability payment instead. If you […]
Article Right Start Service What is Right Start? Right Start supports people living with RA to understand their diagnosis and how it is likely to affect them. Getting the right support can help people to make adjustments to behaviour, lifestyle and health beliefs and understand why supported self-management is important and how to make those important first steps to managing […]
Article Living with RA Service What is the Living with RA service? Living with RA is a new service that has been developed by NRAS to support a range of HCPs working with patients who have been living with RA for a period of time. (Newly diagnosed RA patients can be referred to the New2RA Right Start Service) Getting the right, supportive help can […]
Article Possible causes and risk factors There is still much to learn about why rheumatoid arthritis affects people when it does. It is hard to say for certain why one individual person has developed RA. However, some of the potential causes of rheumatoid arthritis and the risk factors that make developing rheumatoid arthritis more likely, have been identified. Genetics Rheumatoid arthritis […]
Article DMARDs Unlike drugs used purely for symptom control, such as painkillers and anti-inflammatories, DMARDs can take a number of weeks to kick in (usually around 3-12 weeks). They will then continue to improve up until around 6 months when they will be working to their full potential. Each individual will respond differently to different medications, and it […]