In this episode of our Innovators mini-series, Amanda Mootoo, Mariam Malik and Nick Sands join Lizzy MacPhie to explore the role of a Chief Registrar.

Whether you're a trainee interested in the Chief Registrar role and how it gives unique access to leadership and management training and experience, or if you are a member of a senior management team wondering how your Trust could benefit from having a Chief Registrar in post, this episode will provide you with a whole collection of ideas and insights.

Want to find out more? Explore these further resources:

RCP Chief Registrar programme
Chief Registrar yearbook 2022-23

BSR members may also like to check out the Quality Improvement Spotlight on the e-learning platform.

If you have an example of innovative practice in rheumatology, contact us at bsr@rheumatology.org.uk with the subject line "Innovators podcast".

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BSR is the UK's leading specialist medical society for rheumatology and MSK health professionals. To discover how we can support you in delivering the best care for your patients, visit our website.

This is the second episode of a mini-series hosted by Dr Judith Jade where she explores the importance of our response to failure with prominent leaders in rheumatology.

In this episode Dr Judith Jade talks to Will Gregory, a Rheumatology Consultant Physiotherapist at Salford Royal Hospital and our new BSR Vice President, about things that didn't go to plan. He candidly shares his experience including that of being a middle child, his first attempt at publication, his experience of transitioning to his current Consultant role and vomiting at a bad time.

Please note this careers episode has been previously released through another BSR podcast series.

Thanks for listening to Talking Rheumatology! Join the conversation on X using #TalkingRheum or tweet us @RheumatologyUK.

BSR is the UK's leading specialist medical society for rheumatology and MSK health professionals. To discover how we can support you in delivering the best care for your patients, visit our website.

Can a new web tool drive shared decision making and cost effective biologics prescribing across NHS trusts?

In this episode of our Innovators mini-series, Emily Rose-Parfitt and Philip Hamann join Lizzy MacPhie to showcase the truly pioneering RxInvolve web tool, which aids shared and clinical decision making for biologics prescribing. With patient feedback indicating high satisfaction, plus cost savings of over £200K for North Bristol NHS Trust in its first year of use, development of the tool won the team a 2024 BSR Best Practice Award.

Our guests discuss how the RxInvolve tool can be used effectively in different clinical settings, lessons learnt from their funding and development journey, and their exciting plans for expansion across Trusts and specialties.

Want to find out more? Explore these further resources:

• Find out more about the team’s award-winning project

Thanks for listening to Talking Rheumatology! Join the conversation on X using #TalkingRheum or tweet us @RheumatologyUK.

BSR is the UK's leading specialist medical society for rheumatology and MSK health professionals. To discover how we can support you in delivering the best care for your patients, visit our website.