ARMA has been developing our new local networks since 2005 via our Department of Health-funded Local Networks Project.

We are currently starting up pilot sites across the UK to bring together patients and patient groups, clinicians and allied health professionals to work towards improving musculoskeletal service provision on a local level.

The Local Networks will

• Monitor local service provision
• Identify and campaign on local service issues using the ARMA Standards of Care and other policy initiatives
• Provide a shared forum for service users, providers and planners
  

Our current sites include:

Bath ARMA Local Network
Barking, Havering & Redbrige ARMA Local Network
Buckinghamshire ARMA Local Network
East Dorset ARMA Local Network
East Kent ARMA Local Network
Lambeth & Southwark ARMA Local Network
Leeds ARMA Local Network
Morecambe Bay ARMA Local Network
Norfolk and Norwich ARMA Local Network
North of Tyne ARMA Local Network
Nottinghamshire ARMA Local Network
Oxfordshire ARMA Local Network
Portsmouth ARMA Local Network
Shropshire ARMA Local Network
South Birmingham ARMA Local Network
Stoke-on-Trent ARMA Local Network
Truro ARMA Local Network
West Hertfordshire ARMA Local Network
Wigan ARMA Local Network

New sites are planned for:

Basingstoke
Bristol
Camden, North London
Chichester
Coventry
East Birmingham
Liverpool
Maidstone, Kent
Manchester
Mid-Yorkshire
Reading
Salisbury
Sidcup
South Derbyshire
West Dorset
West Surrey
Wirral
Worcestershire

The latest project report is available below:

ARMA LNs Year 2 report.pdf

If you are interested in joining one of our pilot sites, or want to learn about forming a Local Network, please contact Marie Crozier at mcrozier@rheumatology.org.uk