BANNAR

The guide can be accessed online va_paediatric-handbook-2024_digital-final-version.pdf (versusarthritis.org) or a free printed copy can be ordered by emailing professionalengagement@versusarthritis.org

VA are excited to launch our newly updated paediatric clinical assessment guide for healthcare professionals supporting children & young people with arthritis and MSK conditions. We are supporting healthcare professionals to improve confidence and knowledge around MSK conditions

The uncertainty and changes of living with a long-term health condition as a young person can affect mental health in different ways. This #WorldMentalHealthDay we are sharing insights from Dr Yeliz Prior: versusarthritis.org/news/2023/may/… #VersusArthritis #Arthritis #JIA #YPFS

On #WorldMentalHealthDay2023 we are happy to share the paper from @PollyLivermore on The current mental health status of children and young people with JIA, and their wider family’: a charity partner collaboration survey. link.springer.com/article/10.118… #mentalhealth #youngpeople #jia

The subject of World Mental Health Day in 2023 is “Mental health is a universal human right,” which serves as a reminder to everyone on the planet to raise awareness, and encourage action that will protect and advance everyone’s right to mental health. #MentalHealthDay

📢 We are proud to share our PPIE policy is now published in @RheumJnl! Co-developed and Co-authored with our Patient/Parent group, the CLUSTER Champions. Use our 'How to' guide to inform your own PPIE practice👪 👉shorturl.at/elxUZ

Looking forward to seeing all our fab BANNAR members at our members meeting on Thursday!! #research #AYA #MSK #youngpeople #health #wellbeing

Are you a researcher struggling with PPIE wanting more info/guidance on how to incorporate meaningful PPIE into your work? The Versus Arthritis Research Involvement team are running workshops to hear your thoughts. Email researchinvolvement@versusarthritis.org for more info 🧑‍🤝‍🧑😃

Thank you to all those who came to our Mental Health Subgroup meeting the other day! So exciting to discuss the current research that is happening across the charities around young people and mental health. Looking forward to next steps 💚#mentalhealth #Wellbeing #research #msk

It was fab to go along to @BANNARGroup today to talk about charity collaborative work on mental health for children living with arthritis and their families - thanks for the invite and offer of support towards our work 💜

📢 @VersusArthritis and @BANNARGroup are #hiring. We're recruiting for the BANNAR Project Officer role. If you're passionate about improving outcomes for adolescents and young people with rheumatological conditions find out more on the link below. 👇versusarthritis.org/about-us/work-…

What a thought provoking and fascinating symposium. Thank you so much to all the speakers & staff that put together the 7th Adolescent Symposium @UCL_RheumAYA, including our very own BANNAR & @YourRheum team. A great range of #research, #health inequalities discussion and debate!

How do I join BANNAR??? Great talks at @UCL_RheumAYA @BANNARGroup

Laura Lunt, Catherine Wright and Flora McErlane are closing in the PPIE session on how YourRheum involves YP in research. @BANNARGroup @YourRheum @VersusArthritis

The young people we work with are central to BANNAR & it is the best way to improve our practice. @YourRheum was born from this. @lunt_laura & @VersusArthritis young people's worker Cath Wright dicuss their work with over 90 young people on over 50 projects! @UCL_RheumAYA @DrJMcD

Love hearing @FloraJIALearn1 talk about the challenges of working with teenagers and young adults consent, recrutiment & attrition to studies. Habits and lifestyles are set in this time, so it is important for us to get things right. AYA is a distinct population #msk #research

Our fab BANNAR Chair @FloraJIALearn1 is currently in conversation with young patient representatives from @YourRheum and other paediatric and adult rheumatologists regarding research, the healthcare system and quality of care @UCL_RheumAYA

Excited to hear about the WHAM project and the "Powering Up" project- working with young people, learning how to talk to them meaningfully about health inequalities and help them to take charge of their own health and help clinicians to navigate this path: whamproject.co.uk

Very emotive discussion about the state of healthcare Dr Guddi Singh. Social determinants of health;the set of systems which are behind health inequalities. "Life is harder & outcomes are worse the lower you are on the social gradient". And young people are suffering the most.

Currently listening to a fascinating talk: Health Inequalties - looking at poverty, ethnicity and how models of healthcare need to maintain and recognise the richness of all our cultures. We all are responsible for the future healthcare and advocacy of our AYA 💚@UCL_RheumAYA