The Trustees of BIRD have finalised their Annual Report, praising the excellent adaption during the pandemic.  In particular BIRD switched to virtual delivery of professional education and patient information and spent an extra £20,000 on extensions to research projects, where they were impacted by lab closures and difficulties in patient recruitment.

The key achievements over the last year were noted as:

• The total amount of grants awarded for research into rheumatic diseases was £78,824
• 254 consultants, GPs, clinicians, healthcare professionals, researchers and academics attended BIRD’s rheumatology training sessions, meetings and events
• 5,228 patients listened to the new range of 20 podcasts and 76% of listeners said they understood their condition better as result.

Find our Annual report on our About Us page