Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions which require urgent or emergency referral

Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions which require urgent or emergency referral This updated document follows the specialist guidance document produced during the first phase of the coronavirus pandemic.

It supports primary and community care practitioners in recognising serious pathology which requires emergency or urgent referral to secondary care in a patient who present with new or worsening MSK symptoms. Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance