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417 A DEVELOPING ROLE WITHIN RHEUMATOLOGY NURSING.<br />
C Thwaites 1 , S Ryan 2 , A Hassell 2 . 1<br />
Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Keele University, Keele,<br />
Staffs, United Kingdom; 2 Department of <strong>Rheumatology</strong>, University Hospital of North Staf<strong>for</strong>dshire<br />
NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, United Kingdom<br />
418 A REVIEW OF A CONSULTANT PHYSIOTHERAPIST’S FIRST YEAR IN POST.<br />
K Stevenson. 1 Physiotherapy Department, University Hospital of North Staf<strong>for</strong>dshire, Stoke on<br />
Trent, Staf<strong>for</strong>dshire, United Kingdom; 2 Department of Physiotherapy Studies, Keele University,<br />
Stoke on Trent, Staf<strong>for</strong>dshire, United Kingdom<br />
419 THE IMPORTANCE OF CERVICAL SCREENING PRIOR TO ANTI TNF THERAPY.<br />
B Rhys-Dillon, C Rhys-Dillon. Dept of <strong>Rheumatology</strong>, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales,<br />
United Kingdom<br />
420 CAN AN ADVANCED NURSE PRACTITIONER APPROPRIATELY MANAGE PATIENTS WITH<br />
EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS USING AN INTEGRATED CARE PATHWAY?<br />
AE Campbell 1 , C Estrach 2 , MP Lynch 1 , VE Abernethy 1 . 1<br />
<strong>Rheumatology</strong> Department, St Helens and<br />
Knowsley NHS Trust, St Helens, Merseyside, United Kingdom; 2 <strong>Rheumatology</strong> Department,<br />
Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester, United Kingdom<br />
421 ANTI-TNF-α THERAPY PRESCRIBING IN BERKSHIRE - ARE WE COMPLIANT WITH NICE<br />
GUIDELINES?<br />
M Magliano 1 , G Ramroop 1 , R Holtom 2 , A Steuer 1 , J McNally 2 . 1<br />
<strong>Rheumatology</strong>, Wexham Park<br />
Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, United Kingdom; 2 <strong>Rheumatology</strong>, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough,<br />
Berkshire, United Kingdom<br />
422 AUDIT OF A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY JOINT INJECTION RHEUMATOLOGY SERVICE.<br />
J Novak, AE Griffiths, AE Campbell, VE Abernethy, JK Dawson. <strong>Rheumatology</strong>, St Helens &<br />
Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust, St Helens, Merseyside, United Kingdom<br />
423 THE DEVELOPMENT OF A USER LED CLINICAL SERVICE FOR NEWLY DIAGNOSED<br />
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS - AN ACTION RESERCH STUDY.<br />
MA Cox. <strong>Rheumatology</strong> Department, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Ox<strong>for</strong>d, United Kingdom<br />
424 METHOTREXATE MONITORING IS IMPORTANT BUT PATIENT EMPOWERMENT<br />
IS SUB-OPTIMAL.<br />
MS Lillicrap, C Ellis. Department of <strong>Rheumatology</strong>, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital,<br />
Norwich, United Kingdom<br />
425 EXPEDITED REVIEW APPOINTMENTS IN A RHEUMATOLOGY OUTPATIENT (OP)<br />
DEPARTMENT.<br />
R Shaban, A Wood, KR Mackay, FC McCrae, AL Thomas, RG Hull, JM Ledingham. <strong>Rheumatology</strong><br />
Department, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, Hants, United Kingdom<br />
426 TO OPERATE OR NOT TO OPERATE. CAN AN INTERVENTION BY THE HAND<br />
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST (OT) PREVENT THE NEED FOR HAND SURGERY?<br />
SE Bradley 1 , P Cornell 2 . 1<br />
Occupational <strong>The</strong>rapy, Hand Unit, Poole Hospital NHS Trust,<br />
Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom; 2 <strong>Rheumatology</strong>, Poole Hospital NHS Trust, Poole, Dorset,<br />
United Kingdom<br />
427 AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PRESCRIBING TRENDS OF NON-STEROIDAL<br />
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION : IN A HOSPITAL AND<br />
PRIMARY CARE SETTING.<br />
ES Koshy 1 , G Coakley 2 . 1<br />
General Practice / Primary Care, <strong>The</strong> Fairfield Centre, London, United<br />
Kingdom; 2 <strong>Rheumatology</strong>, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London, United Kingdom<br />
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