Chair's Welcome letter

Dear BritPracteur,

On behalf of the British Psoriatic Arthritis ConsorTium (BritPACT), a warm welcome.

BritPACT formed in 2014 through the collaboration of clinicians and patient partners with a passion for increasing knowledge, awareness and management of psoriatic arthritis. As of 2020, Brit-PACT is a charity registered in the UK (1189246) with rheumatologist, dermatologist, allied health professional and patient partner members, developed to facilitate and advance research and best practice in psoriatic arthritis in the United Kingdom

We presently have 116 members including doctors, trainees, allied health care professionals and patient partners.  As a member we encourage you to partake in our annual “Frontiers in Psoriatic arthritis meetings”. These meetings are free to attend thanks to the support from industry grants.

Additionally, we hope you will develop and support our initiatives to improve care in Psoriatic arthritis.

Should you wish to become a member please email info@britpact.org with the contributions you would like to make to BritPACT. 

Yours sincerely,

BritPACT Steering Committee

Mission statement

Terms of reference:

• To bring together UK individuals with an interest in PsA

• To create a UK infrastructure to undertake studies in PsA

• To collaborate in studies improving knowledge and outcome in PsA

• To develop and execute research ideas in PsA

• To engage with ARUK clinical study group to facilitate research in PsA

• To engage with the Translational Research Partnerships in PsA

• To collaborate with BRIT-SPA

• To collaborate with GRAPPA

• To engage with relevant dermatology stakeholders

• To develop and disseminate knowledge around PsA and comorbidities

• To ensure patient and public involvement at all levels

To facilitate and advance research and best practice in psoriatic arthritis in the United Kingdom.

Sponsorship

Brit-PACT obtain funds to help support meetings, educational and research activities to increase it’s impact nationally and internationally.

Pharmaceutical companies support us via educational grants, these companies have had no editorial control over Brit-PACT’s research and educational events.

The current companies supporting Brit-PACT's activities this calendar year can be found on our events page. 

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