PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Arthritis: Health Services (25 September 2020)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Charlotte Nichols (Labour)
Answer
A range of guidance has been made available to healthcare commissioners and clinicians to support the resumption of arthritis services following the COVID-19 outbreak, which have now been restarted.
The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence guidance ‘COVID-19 rapid guideline: rheumatological autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic bone disorders’, updated on 2 July 2020, sets out best practice for clinicians and commissioners on managing disorders, including arthritis, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance is available at the following link:
www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG167
NHS England and NHS Improvement and the Federation of Specialty Surgical Associations have also provided a range of prioritisation advice for restarting community services, which set out how to meet the needs of people with conditions such as arthritis safely and effectively, including where surgery is required. This guidance can be found at the following links:
fssa.org.uk/_userfiles/pages/files/covid19/prioritisation_master_240820.pdf
Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
16 October 2020
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