Treating Common Musculoskeletal Conditions Well in Primary Care

To enable AHP's, APP's and Physician Associates in primary care to get together to discuss how to best assess and manage the high number of people who present in primary care with chronic pain conditions including back pain, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia symptoms. We hope clinicians will leave feeling equipped and confident with new tools and information to help manage these people successfully outside of secondary care.

AHP's, APP's and Physician Assocites working in primary care including; advanced practice clinicians, pharmacists, physiotherapists, Occupational therapists and GP's.

• Treating chronic pain/ fatigue without prescribing Medic*tion
• Low Back Pain Update – When is it appropriate to image in primary care
• Local Orthopaedic pathways ‘The journey to joint replacement’
• Osteoarthritis + Fibromyalgia syndrome diagnosis and management

1 Develop skills needed to help people holistically cope with chronic pain and fatigue without prescribing opioids.

2 Learn more about the local orthopaedic pathways and the patient journey to joint replacement including what is available for those who are not in a position to have surgery.

3 To discuss when it is appropriate to scan the spine in primary care..

4 To learn how to assess, diagnose and treat the huge number of patients who present with early osteoarthritis and widespread chronic pain.

5 To feel confident in diagnosing and managing Fibromyalgia in primary care.

If you cancel with more than 5 working days' notice, there will be no charge. If you cancel within 5 working days and we cannot fill the space, then you/your organisation may still be charged. If you do not attend then you/your organisation may be charged.

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• 9th October at 23.30
• Please register with your nhs.net email where possible. If the event is oversubscribed, priority may be given to those who have registered with NHS addresses.
• You will receive a certificate for your attendance. Please allow two weeks for this to be delivered to your inbox. We would advise checking your junk mail before contacting NATH for your certificate at [email protected]

This promotional event has been arranged with and is funded by external organisations and may include reference to services and medicines relevant to the agenda topics.

This event is also restricted to residents of the UK.

The organisations have provided and paid for the venue and refreshments/meal as well linking us with and paying the speaker. NATH receives no financial remuneration or incentive for this event. The content of this event is provided by the speaker and/or the sponsor and NATH accepts no responsibility for its content.

There will be a photographer present at the event, should you not wish to be photographed please tick the opt out box on the booking page.

Those who do NOT want to be photographed are responsible for notifying the camera operator of their opt-out status.

We are running a NEW Loyalty Scheme for your professional development. It’s free to join and open to everyone working in Notts Primary Care. There are 25 development opportunities for you to get involved in over 2026/27. If you complete a full house on your BINGO style Loyalty Card, you could receive a £250 voucher!

• Sign up to receive your Loyalty Card
• Find out more about Loyalty Scheme

You may be surprised to see how many boxes you can already stamp off. Several of them relate to attending our different training events – browse your card to see which ones to book onto via our Eventbrite!

The Training Needs Analysis is a free tool to help you understand the gap between your current and desired level of knowledge, skills and abilities. It takes about 5-10 minutes, and you will receive a personalised report outlining your priority training needs.

• Complete the Training Needs Analysis

We use these insights to plan more fully funded training for you to attend, exactly like this one.

This FREE app is specially for Notts Primary Care workforce development. Access a CPD calendar of events with training from ourselves and other Primary Care education providers. Keep up to date with funding opportunities, resources and more, straight to your phone or tablet. You control what you see and receive through this pocket career companion.

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