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January 2010
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	Pre-conference symposia  On 20 April 2010 a range of one day symposia will be held in advance of the BSR/BHPR annual meeting. The day will include an innovative and highly practical symposium on The Spine. It will also feature the first in an annual cycle of education days, which has been tailored to prepare rheumatologists for revalidation, but will also be valuable for CNS and ESPs. View details. NRAS Patients in Focus Awards 2010 Application forms are available for the 2010 awards. Download from the NRAS website or call the NRAS office on 0845 458 7650. Entry is open to all rheumatology professionals, including consultant led teams and to primary care professionals who provide care to people with rheumatoid arthritis. Deadline for entries is Friday 29 January 2010. The winning entry will receive a bursary of £1500 to be used for educational purposes. We may consider late entry because of poor response rates.   We know you’re all under pressure and extremely busy but this really is very straightforward to enter and we know that there are lots of teams out there doing great work, so we’d love to hear from you. More information is available on the website Pictured: 2009's winner - Julie Taylor, North Bristol Healthcare, Clinical Nurse Specialist: 'Mum’s with RA - Patient Support and Participation a Two Way Partnership'    Parenteral Methotrexate – Metoject 50mg prefilled syringe Concerns re SPC Following concerns raised by colleagues, BSR’s Clinical Affairs Committee has been in correspondence with the MHRA regarding the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) for the Parenteral Methotrexate - Metoject 50mg prefilled syringe. We were concerned that some of the advice does not match with previous methotrexate advice, or with accepted practice for consenting patients onto parenteral methotrexate.   View further details View MHRA’s reply to BSR clarifying their position Rheumatology: Call for papers Registries in rheumatological and musculoskeletal conditions Rheumatology is publishing a themed issue dedicated to registries; collating reviews and original research in one collective issue. View further details Deadline for submission of manuscripts: 1 April 2010. EULAR 2010  The 2010 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) is being held near Rome on 16 –19 June. This should be an exciting programme with the opportunity to meet and exchange experiences with nurses and health professionals from many other countries. It also affords the opportunity of visiting this wonderful city with all it has to offer! The abstract submission date is very close: 29 January 2010. View further details and submit abstracts. At the end of January 2010, the EULAR Health Professionals Committee will make a call for submissions of sessions for the 2012 meeting in London. This is your opportunity to structure the programme and ensure that it is what you want. For sessions to be accepted they need to multi-country and, if possible, multi-professional. We will put the call on the BHPR website as soon as it appears so, don’t moan if EULAR doesn’t deliver the programme that you want; do something about it! Hope to see you in Rome. EULAR newsletter  View EULAR’s latest newsletter for Allied Health Professionals   Application deadlines Don't forget arc application deadlines for 2010.
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