Sleep
- Sleep Hygiene – The Sleep Charity
- Mindfulness – Mental Health Foundation
- Improving your sleep when you have arthritis – Versus Arthritis
Local Community Links
- Mind Matters – Surrey and Borders Partnership
- Drug & Alcohol Service – Surrey and Borders Partnership
- General Health and Lifestyle Support – Healthy Surrey
- Aerobic Exercises – NHS Fitness Studio
- Community for Men – Men’s Shed
National level links for specific information
Orthopaedics
- Patient Information – British Association of Spine Surgeons
- Patient information – The British Elbow and Shoulder Society
- Shoulder Symptoms, Treatment, Research – ShoulderDoc
- Hand Disorders – The British Society for Surgery of the Hand
- Hand Therapy – The British Society for Surgery of the Hand
- The British Association of Hand Therapists (BAHT)
- The State of Musculoskeletal Health 2021 – Versus Arthritis
- Foot and ankle: Common Conditions – British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (BOFAS)
Rheumatology
- Osteoporosis – Royal Society for Osteoporosis
- The diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome | Royal College of Physicians
- Physical activity report – Versus Arthritis
- Support for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis – National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS)
Pain Management services
- Hypermobility Syndromes – The Hypermobility Syndromes Association (HMSA)
- Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Support – The Ehlers-Danlos Support UK
- Patient Leaflets – The British Pain Society
- Participant information for Pain Management Programmes [PDF] – The British Pain Society
- For better mental health – Mind
- Fibromyalgia – Fibromyalgia Action UK
- Opioids Aware Sitemap – The Faculty of Pain Medicine
- Professional resource for GPs and pain specialists – Live Well with Pain
How do I opt into pain management program?
Volunteering as a steppingstone back into work in NW Surrey
- Voluntary Support North Surrey
- Guidance on Volunteering and claiming benefits – Department for Work and Pensions UK Gov.
- Supported Employment Pathways – Shaw Trust
Helpful health Questionnaires for service users and clinicians.
The MSK HQ is musculoskeletal health questionnaire helps understand the impact of pain on life for both patients and clinicians. It is helpful to achieve best outcomes as most of these pains are long term conditions.
Oxford Hip and knee questionnaire helps both patient and surgeons not only to understand the impact of the arthritis but also help to score improvement following surgeries.
- Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) – Versus Arthritis
- Oxford Hip Score – Orthopaedic Scores
- Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Hip – Versus Arthritis
- Oxford Knee Score – Orthopaedic Scores
- Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Knee pain – Versus Arthritis
Rheumatology Guidelines for General Practice
Adult Rheumatology referral guidance
BSR has created UK wide referral criteria guidance, in response to recommendations in Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT).
- British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) develops national referral criteria guidance
- Adult rheumatology referral guidance (PDF) – British Society for Rheumatology (BSR)
Fibromyalgia latest guideline for fibromyalgia
- British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) supports Royal College of Physicians (RCP) fibromyalgia guideline
- The diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome – Royal College of Physicians (RCP)