OVERVIEW

MSK & obesity – The way forward for Providers, Clinicians, Campaigners and Policy Makers is organized by Orthopaedic Research UK (ORUK) and will be held on Oct 19, 2026.

Description:
The purpose of this online meeting is to align everyone interested in the inter-relationship between poor musculoskeletal health and obesity with an agreed set of actions. The audience of providers, clinicians, campaigners and policy makers will debate a range of issues including:

Lack of access to holistic care – How can the system deliver better integrated services to support the interaction between MSK pain, obesity, deconditioning, mental health and wider inequalities?
Access to surgery for high BMI patients – How can we move towards evidence-based, person-centred surgical decision making, rather than an oversimplistic focus on arbitrary BMI thresholds?
Prehabilitation & rehabilitation – What support and interventions are needed?
Use of weight?management medications – What additional evidence do we need to inform surgical guidelines?