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<p>The Department is in regular contact with stakeholders, such as Arthritis Research
UK, and hosted a roundtable with them in November. The group is in the process of
producing a toolkit for commissioners to support commissioning of physical activity
interventions for people with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst
the Department has no plans to publish an arthritis action plan, NHS England and Public
Health England are taking forward a number of projects.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically
on MSK conditions, the National Health Service National Clinical Director for MSK,
Peter Kay, has been working in partnership with the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
Alliance, to develop new MSK clinical networks across England to build consensus on
the way forward for models of care. In addition, in February 2015, Public Health England,
in partnership with NHS England and the Department, ran a local pilot campaign to
raise public awareness of the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in Nottingham
City and Hardwick Clinical Commissioning Group. The aim of the campaign was to support
earlier diagnosis and thereby enable treatment to begin earlier to improve the quality
of life for people with the condition. The results of the campaign are currently being
evaluated.</p>
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