Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions

Purpose of the group

1. Seek to raise the awareness of ongoing issues affecting patients with Arthritis or Musculoskeletal Conditions, and those that arise in the course of treatment provided by health care practitioners. Ongoing issues are likely to include access to services, conditions affecting children, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, and relevant guidelines and surrounding issues such as non-compliance or an identified lack of guideline.

2. It will aim to identify barriers to change and the measures required to overcome those.

3. Liaise with appropriate agencies, academics and parliamentarians to consider and agree appropriate measures with a view to improvement of provision of health care.

4. Influence policy decisions of the Scottish Government, local authorities and other appropriate agencies to ensure that adequate levels of resources are deployed to address chief issues.

5. Liaise with representatives from NHS Health Boards and other organisations as appropriate such as Arthritis Musculoskeletal Alliance, Scottish Network for Arthritis in Children, amongst others, with regards to current relevant research.

6. Develop links with appropriate officials within UK Government on an as and when required basis.

Minutes

• Minutes of Meeting 27 June 2012 (192KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 24 October 2012 (194KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 5 December 2012 (99KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 13 March 2013 (269KB pdf)
• Minutes of AGM 13 March 2013 (63KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 19 March 2014 (332KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 8 October 2014 (78KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 29 November 2014 (150KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 4 March 2015 (150KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 3 June 2015 (225KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 30 September 2015 (242KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 25 November 2015 (399KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 2 March 2016 (229KB pdf)

Annual Return/Report

• Registration Form (256KB pdf)
• Annual Return 27 March 2013 (91KB pdf)
• Annual Return 26 March 2014 (169KB pdf)
• Annual Return 11 March 2015 (215KB pdf)
• Annual Return 14 March 2016 (172KB pdf) 

Group Officers

• Convener: Margaret McCulloch
• Deputy Convener: Nanette Milne

Group Members

• Alison Johnstone
• Anne McTaggart
• Jim Eadie
• Jim Hume
• Margaret McDougall

Non MSP Individuals

Sheila MacLeod – secretary 

Karen Allan

Phil Atkinson

Matt Barclay

Elizabeth Blackadder

Maggie Brooks-Carter

Sharon Campbell

Debbie Cook

Diane Crake

Alison Culpan

Joyce Davidson

Margaret Duncan

Jane Gibson

Amy Hefford

Jamie Hewitt

Colin Howie

John Hunter

Janice Johnson

Joan Kerr

Catherine Lees

Kenryck Lloyds-Jones

Irene Logan

Iain Macdonald

Margaret-Mary Gordon

Steve McBride

Grainne Morrison

Charlie Millar

Federico Moscogiuri

Elizabeth Murphy

Anne Murray

Michael New

Paulo Quadros

David Reid

Catherine Stihler

Jim Walker

Sally Hughes.

Organisations

Abbott

Arthritis Care

Arthritis Care Scotland

ARMA Scotland

British Society for Rheumatology

Brittle Bone Society

Community Pharmacy Scotland

Edmesh

Fibromyalgia Friends Scotland

Framework for Adult Rehabilitation

Intlife

Merck Sharp & Dohme

Moray Health and Social Care Partnership

National Ankylospodylitis Society

National Osteoporosis Society

National Rheumatology Arthritis Society

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

NHS Forth Valley

NHS Greater Clyde and Glasgow

NHS Lanarkshire

NHS Lothian

NHS Tayside

Pain Concern

Pfizer

Polymyalgia Rheumatics and Giant Cell Arteritis Scotland

Psoriasis Scotland Arthritis Link Volunteers

Royal College of Nursing

Scottish Network for Arthritis in Children

Scottish Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology Network

Scottish Rheumatology Society

UBC Pharma Ltd