Pathway Through Arthritis: A unique digital treatment programme

Pathway through Arthritis has been developed by Wellmind Health and Versus Arthritis to empower people living with arthritis.

What is Pathway Through Arthritis?

The programme aims to give people the skills, knowledge, and tools they need to make behaviour changes that will reduce the impact of arthritis on their daily lives.

The digital platform — which has been developed alongside expert patients — aims to support better self-management of arthritis, ultimately leading to better long-term health outcomes. 

What does Pathway Through Arthritis offer?

Pathway Through Arthritis offers a 22-step support programme, including videos, exercises and tasks.

Participants can access the programme whenever they want, allowing them to explore it at their own pace.

A team of experts guide provide guidance through videos, offerings tips and practical advice to keep participants motivated. These experts include:

• people living with arthritis
• rheumatologists
• GPs
• mindfulness specialists
• physiotherapists

How can Pathway Through Arthritis help healthcare professionals?

Healthcare professionals can track patient progress using the digital platform, ensuring that improvements can be monitored from start to finish.

The programme aims for participants to improve their health questionnaire scores for Anxiety (GAD-7), Depression (PHQ-9) and Musculoskeletal Health (MSK-HQ).

This is achieved by using pain management techniques, exercises, lifestyle changes and cognitive strategies learnt throughout the programme.  

By the end of the programme, participants will have gained knowledge and skills to manage their arthritis better in the long run, helping them let go of the fear of pain and see there are ways and means to live with their condition. 

Zoe Chivers, Director of Services and Influencing at Versus Arthritis, says: 

“Living with arthritis is not just about ‘having a few aches and pains’. For some, it can have a profound impact on life. Many with the condition are facing long waits for diagnosis, treatment and surgery.

This specialised programme is a Class I medical device and DTAC compliant and is delivered through Wellmind Health’s NHS-commissioned Digital Treatments as a Service (DTaaS) platform.

It's designed to help people with different forms of arthritis, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis.  

With over 10 million people living with arthritis in the UK alone, it is a huge task for healthcare systems to support people and provide them with options that help can them to live the life they choose.

It is more vital now than ever to support self-management of arthritis conditions and to improve the quality of life for everyone living with arthritis.   

If you are interested in the value and benefits Pathway Through Arthritis could provide to your patients, please email Bethany Diprose, Senior Relationship Manager for Commissioned and Institutional funding, to arrange a demonstration on b.diprose@versusarthritis.org.