UK MSK Partnership Group

Welcome to the MSK community of practice and expert reference group

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Who are we?

We are a multi-professional partnership inclusive of all MSK professions, MSK sub specialties, professional bodies, arms length organisations, the third sector, public and patients.

The MSK Partnership’s purpose is to share and contribute knowledge across the professions in the UK and subspecialties to:


•Act as a UK wide community of practice and as an expert reference group


•Prevent duplication of MSK workstreams and projects


•Ensure consistency and messaging of MSK competencies and capabilities in the clinical and educational fields.


•Ensure consistency of messaging relating to MSK strategy and policy


•Create transparency for all stakeholders around MSK policy


•Ensure alignment of membership organisations in MSK messaging


•Standardise practice across MSK stakeholders


•Co badge and support MSK relevant national policy initiatives as appropriate


•Share new innovations and successes in MSK


•Support the aims and objectives of ARMA

. Influence/support the global strategy in reducing the burden of MSK


How Does the process work?

One representative per group to attend a meeting 4 x a year online

The members responsibilities are:

·       to provide any updates from their group

·       to distribute COMMs from the partnership group to their members

·       to collect and collate COMMs from their members to send to the chairs to bring into the partnership group

 

The chairs responsibilities are:

·       to chair the meetings 4 x a year

·       to distribute any relevant information in the interim of the meetings

·       to call extraordinary meetings if requited

·       to collate information from the partnership group to present at the meetings

·       to provide a structured agenda for each meeting


Governance

. As an expert reference group, the governance is through the MSK Membership’s organisations to meet the aim and purpose of the group

. Co chairs will be re elected every 2 years

. There is a requirement for all representative organisations to sign a terms of reference and conflict of interest form 


Co-Chairs

Dr Sharon Chan-Braddock

Christopher Mercer

Previous Co-Chairs

Amanda Hensman-Crook (Founder) 2018-2022

Helen Welch 2018 - 2022