Arthritis Research UK joins the Richmond Group of Charities

We're delighted to announce that we've become a member of the Richmond Group of Charities. The Richmond Group (which includes other health charities including Macmillan Cancer Support, Age UK, British Heart Foundation and the Stroke Association) works as a collective voice to influence health and social care policy, with the aim of improving care and support for the 15 million people living with long-term conditions. We'll also be joining the group alongside long-term conditions charity the Alzheimer’s Society. We've been working in partnership with the Richmond Group over the last year on its ‘Doing the Right Thing’ project. This project has involved focussing on new models of care being implemented at a local level and ensures that care for people with arthritis has been included in their thinking Embedding quality of life in health and social care policy Our chief executive officer, Dr Liam O’Toole, commented: “We're delighted that we'll now be a member of the Richmond Group. This is a hugely important step which will create a synergy between existing long-term conditions care and the prevention and treatment of arthritis. "It'll ensure improving the quality of life for people with arthritis is embedded in future health and social care policy alongside other long-term conditions.” The Richmond Group said: “The Richmond Group of Charities comes together in order to improve the lives of the 15 million people living with long-term...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news