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ARTHRITIS Care and Arthritis Research UK have announced that they are to merge to help over 10 million people living with arthritis in the UK.

The charities say that they began discussions at the turn of the year and that due diligence is now underway.

In a joint statement Dr Liam OToole, chief executive of Arthritis Research UK and Judi Rhys, chief executive of Arthritis Care, said Currently there are too many people living with the pain, fatigue and isolation caused by arthritis. The two charities are doing great work to address their needs, and we know we can have a greater impact on peoples lives by creating one organisation.

The aspirations of people with arthritis are changing and it is vital that we continue to meet their expectations. We can stand together with one louder voice to change attitudes and press for change. We can transform our care, support and information services so that many more people can build their knowledge, skills and resilience to live well with arthritis. We will continue our fight to find better treatments and even a cure and well now be able to offer our supporters, members, volunteers, branches and groups the opportunity to join patient-focussed clinical trials and influence the research agenda.We believe that this is a truly exciting step.

The charities hope to come together in a single organisation in October this year.

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Arthritis charities set to merge later this year - Charity Today News

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