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NRAS taps into the power of social media for World Arthritis Day

Posted by Jamie-NRAS NRAS
12 Oct 2012

This year we wanted to put a new spin on World Arthritis Day so we've done a big social media push for the launch of our latest report the Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Responsibility Deal.

For those of you who haven't seen it yet, the RA Responsibility Deal contains a series ...

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Legislative update: drug driving

Posted by Jamie-NRAS NRAS
29 Aug 2012

Buried within the new Crime and Courts Bill is a section on drug driving that could have a significant, unforeseen impact on patients with RA that are taking long-term medication to manage their chronic pain. As a result, NRAS is now starting to lobby for improvements to the Bill. The new ...

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NRAS joins the Early Diagnosis Alliance calls to action

Posted by Jamie-NRAS NRAS
13 Apr 2012

NRAS has joined an alliance of patients, professionals, industry and other charities to campaign for action around earlier diagnosis. The new entity is called the Early Diagnosis Alliance and is calling for:

1. Secured ring-fenced funding for early diagnosis implementation for ...

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Brace yourselves. Party conference season is almost upon us.

Posted by Jamie-NRAS NRAS
3 Feb 2012

It’s the beginning of February. It’s Friday. It’s cold. And I am coming down with a sniffle. I should be thinking about the weekend and a trip I have planned to Bristol, but instead my eyes are trained firmly on a heap of forms with such uninviting titles as ‘Conference Observer’ and ...

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The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - why it matters to you and what you can do.

Posted by Jamie-NRAS NRAS
6 Jan 2012

I'm going to dispense with the humour and just do a straightforward blog about something important, that is happening right now, which you can help with. So here goes...

Justice for All is the campaign for free legal advice, which is a coalition of almost ...

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The Welfare Reform Bill and the Hardest Hit Campaign - we need your help!

Posted by Jamie-NRAS NRAS
24 Jan 2012

Unless you've had your head buried in the sand, you are likely to have heard something in the press about the Welfare Reform Bill, which is currently going through the UK Parliament (hint: it's quite controversial).

The news headlines are currently focused around the ...

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RA and Physiotherapy - Live webchat with Health Minister Paul Burstow MP on World Arthritis Day (12 October) from 11.45-12.30pm.

Posted by Jamie-NRAS NRAS
5 Oct 2011

NRAS and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) are delighted to announce that Health Minister, Paul Burstow MP, has agreed to take part in a live webchat to mark this year’s World Arthritis Day on 12 October.

To coincide with this year’s theme of ‘Move to Improve’, NRAS ...

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The Hardest Hit campaign continues...at Liberal Democrat Conference on Saturday, 17 September, 1.30pm

Posted by Jamie-NRAS NRAS
15 Sep 2011

I normally try and say something humorous, or incorporate an interesting piece of trivia, to start off my blog posts, but on this occasion I thought I would just pinch a quote from someone else to pique your interest:

"Disabled people are disproportionately reliant ...

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Snooping around the Welfare Reform Bill...

Posted by Jamie-NRAS NRAS
17 Jun 2011

Here’s a great piece of pub quiz trivia: according to the Press Complaints Commission, which newspaper holds the record for the highest number of complaints about a newspaper article in history? Give up? The answer is the Daily Mail, with a whopping 25,000.

Yes, love it or hate it, ...

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A few predictions about our lobbying priorities...

Posted by Jamie-NRAS NRAS
19 Apr 2011

I love the 2005 film ‘Thank You for Smoking’. It's about a smooth-talking tobacco lobbyist who marauds across Capitol Hill, boozing and bribing everyone in his path. Great to watch, but probably not the best lobbying tactic to imitate.

Megalomaniac dreams aside, it has been an ...