Best practice rheumatoid arthritis treatment
Clinical champion: Prof Peter Taylor, University of Oxford
Objectives:
- Design and implement best practice treatment model for patients with rheumatoid arthritis
- Patients with suspected early inflammatory arthritis referred to rheumatologists within three weeks
- Treatment initiated within six weeks
- Reduce variation in waiting times
Partners:
- Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Clinical Commissioning Groups
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust