ARMA - Urgent and emergency musculoskeletal conditions requiring onward referral (2 December 2020)

Summary

Serious pathology as a cause of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions is considered rare, but it needs to be managed either as an emergency or as urgent onward referral as directed by local pathways. This guidance 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.