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Skin 'n' Bones Connection issue 53 is now available. The journal is aimed at people affected by psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

Guselkumab (Tremfya), taken with or without methotrexate, has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and is available on the NHS.

See our new video that is part of our strategy to raise awareness of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and includes our mission to look and delve deeper into the causes of psoriatic disease by funding research projects. 

People who use Co-codamol 30/500 Effervescent Tablets, widely used for pain relief, are today being asked to check the batch number on the labels of packs to ensure they are not one of 4,464 packs which are being recalled due to safety concerns.

The new version 7 of PAPAA's popular Psoriasis in Practice digital resource online training programme is now available until 29 April 2022.  The programme is aimed at helping frontline healthcare providers to manage and care for people affected by the skin condition psoriasis, and its associated psoriatic arthritis.

Are you aged 18 or over and living with chronic pain? Are you interested in taking part in a FREE online 8-week intervention?  

This is research project being carried out by a Masters student, if you are interested, read the full request.

What questions would you like to see answered by psoriatic arthritis research?

The British Psoriatic Arthritis Consortium (BritPACT) is working with the James Lind Alliance (JLA) to run a priority setting partnership (PSP). They are looking to create a national top 10 list of research priorities for psoriatic arthritis.

Do you shop with Amazon?  If so, did you also know that Amazon have created a resource that will allow PAPAA to receive a donation at no cost to you?

The advent of an effective vaccine for Covid-19, is wonderful news and represents a truly astonishing scientific achievement.  Over the past few months, the UK Government has implemented a comprehensive, nationwide vaccination programme, which is finally beginning to bring the current pandemic under control.

Are you 18 years of age or older and do you have a rheumatic disorder? Then you are kindly asked to participate in a survey questionnaire.