The Kent Model

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the Kent Model webpages.

Here you will find all the resources related to our masterclasses and advice you need to enhance your knowledge in order to improve the patient journey and help us to help you to spread the word through education.

Hypermobility has been described as one of the most neglected areas of medicine and we are here to change that by creating an education based program, which incorporates developing a local care web, and is transferable nationally to optimise existing resources.

The initiative mainly focuses on hypermobility spectrum disorder and hypermobile EDS, using the 2017 reclassification of what was previously called Hypermobility Syndrome/EDS type iii.

Read on and enjoy this constantly evolving resource!

Finally....Don't forget that this is about optimising the patient journey and de-medicalising it through greater patient understanding. Please contact me if you have any great ideas that you want to share!

Dr Philip Bull.

Kent Model: Resources

Key Kent Model handouts, recommended videos, and other resources to support the HMSA Kent Model. Read more

Kent Model: Aims

The aims of the Kent Model. Read more

Kent Model: Background Information

The problems with current diagnostic processes, and services available after diagnosis, and how the Kent Model can help address these issues. Read more

Kent Model: The Steps

The elements of the Kent Model which can be combined, creating a custom program to support a service wide, coordinated approach to hypermobility syndromes. Read more

Hannah Ensor (Trustee)

Latest

Fibromyalgia & Hypermobility Management Masterclass for Health Professionals

A masterclass that covers hypermobility and the relationship with fibromyalgia and medically unexplained symptoms, with a focus on condition management.

Recruiting - Children 5-11 with hypermobility syndromes (Billings)

This study is inviting Primary School children aged 5-11 years to tell me what it is like living with a hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) or generalised Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (gHSD). I also want to talk to their parent /guardian to learn what it is like looking after a child with hEDS or gHSD diagnosis.

Renewing your membership, or making a donation?

A brief summary of membership types, including links to the various types of membership and information on how and where to make a donation to the HMSA.

Week 5 #HypnOT Webinar - All things Sleep

A series of 5 live streams running weekly with Jo Southall of JB Occupational Therapy and Kim Clayden of Online Psychotherapist. Have your questions answered live. Instructions on how to become a member to enjoy this benefit, click for more details.

"New study confirms systemic nature of hypermobility syndromes, that late diagnosis is common and associated with negative health outcomes."

This long awaited and eagerly anticipated paper has been published today on BMJ Open. Authors of this study are Joanne C Demmler, Mark D Atkinson, Emma J Reinhold, Ernest Choy, Ronan A Lyons, Sinead T Brophy.