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Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on January 25, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46(3):379-381; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel431
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Rheumatology nurse specialists—do we need them?

J. Hill

ACUMeN, University of Leeds, 2nd Floor, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, LS7 4SA, UK.

Correspondence to: Dr. J. Hill. E-mail: j.hill@leeds.ac.uk

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At a recent demonstration by health care staff in Leeds, the banner held by three specialist rheumatology nurses read ‘People with arthritis need staff who understand it – cuts are causing chaos’. So what has happened that has caused these normally calm and hardworking nurses to protest so vociferously? As is the case with many specialist nurses, their posts are under threat. This is rather perverse, given that the Musculoskeletal Services Framework, recently published by the Department of Health, specifically mentions that specialist nurses/practitioners are necessary to run monitoring clinics and provide patient education and support to enhance self-management [1]. The heart of the problem is the funding deficit, as hard pressed Trusts struggle to comply with government instructions to balance their books. Simultaneously, job evaluations and pay awards emanating from the Agenda for Change (AfC) [2] are being implemented. AfC is timely for Trusts as . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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