Arthritis on the agenda at party conferences

The policy, public affairs and campaigns team (PPA) has been raising recognition of arthritis at four key political party conferences: Liberal Democrats, Labour, Conservatives and the Scottish National Party.Alongside our Chief Executive, Liam O’Toole, staff attended various high profile events and round tables, and for the first time, at Labour and Conservative conferences, we also had an exhibition stand:showcasing hard hitting stats about the impact of arthritisproviding copies of ourPrevent, Transform, Cure manifesto, with key asks for MPsproviding local statistics for MPs to learn about prevalence in their areaoffering delegates the opportunity to try on an arthritis glove and discover what it can be like to have some functional limitation in their handand giving out information leaflets for people who wanted to know more.‘The PPA team were lucky enough to be joined at Labour conference by Frances, and at Conservative conference by Bobbie, who both live with arthritis.After her day talking to delegates, Frances shared:“It was a privilege to support the Arthritis Research UK team at this year’s Labour conference. I’ve lived with rheumatoid arthritis since I was diagnosed at 23, and I was excited to have the opportunity to speak to delegates and MPs about the issues. I think it’s really important that those responsible for making decisions get to meet, and hear from, people living with arthritis. I wanted them to understand the day ...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news