The number of children waiting more than 12 months to see a consultant paediatric rheumatologist jumped 80% in a single year, against a backdrop of Government inactivity implementing a plan to improve patient care.

Half of the people who have rheumatoid arthritis have to change jobs, and more than one in 10 have to quit work because of the debilitating condition, it has emerged

Rosanna Davison has been accused of giving arthritis sufferers false hope after she claimed gluten can be responsible for autism, schizophrenia, and arthritis.