MSK & obesity – The way forward for providers, clinicians, campaigners and policy makers (19 October)

Overview

19^th October 2026
11:00-12.30

The purpose of this webinar is to align everyone interested in the inter-relationship between poor musculoskeletal health and obesity with an understanding of the existing work on this topic, and to develop an agreed set of actions including policy recommendations.

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?

The webinar is hosted by Orthopaedic Research UK, in association with the Obesity Health Alliance, Arthritis UK, Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Alliance, and the National Orthopaedic Alliance. It will feature short presentations from clinicians and other experts on this topic plus plenty of opportunity for debate.

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