Who is involved?

The James Lind Alliance

The James Lind Alliance (JLA) is a non-profit making initiative. Its aim is to bring patients, carers, family members and healthcare professionals together to identify and prioritise research questions for researchers and funders to address. The JLA oversees all partnerships, like this one, which prioritise research questions. 

From 1 April 2013, the NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC) has coordinated the work of the JLA.

To affiliate to the JLA or to find out more please contact the James Lind Alliance.

Partner organisations

The Early Osteoarthritis of Hip and Knee Priority Setting Partnership is funded by:

• The NIHR Oxford Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit (BRU)
• The British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
• The British Association of Surgeons of the Knee (BASK)
• The British Hip Society (BHS)

In addition, the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is providing co-ordination through the James Lind Alliance PSP hub.

Supporting partners

The wider partnership includes:

• The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP)
• The British Acupuncture Council
• The Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science (NDORMS) at the University of Oxford
• The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) at Oxford University Hospitals Trust (OUHT)
• The Arthroplasty Care Practitioner's Association
• STEPS - a national charity supporting children and adults affected by a lower limb condition such as clubfoot or a hip condition.
• Cochrane Consumer Network
• Cochrane Musculoskeletal Review Group
• The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Patient and Public Involvement Network
• British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
• The Musculoskeletal Elf
• CircleReading Patient Experience Forum
• RCN Society of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing
• British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists
• Arthritis Research UK Centre for Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis
• CRN Musculoskeletal Specialty Group
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• The British Institute of Radiology
• Society of Sports Therapists
• Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis
• Sports and Exercise Medicine Research Group, University of Nottingham
• Arthritis Research UK Pain Centre
• The British Pain Society
• The National Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine
• Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine
• Primary Care Rheumatology Society
• Royal College of GPs
• Primary Care Research Network
• NIHR School for Primary Care Research
• British School of Osteopathy
• Society of Radiographers