Such a campaign would go hand in hand with an information programme aimed at the public, to make them aware of potential rheumatoid arthritis symptoms and to encourage them to visit their GP quickly.We hope that, in combination, those two measures will lead more patients with potential symptoms to present to their GPs and lead to increased GP awareness of how best to deal with them. Through my work with friends of arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions in the Scottish Parliament, I have learned that the rheumatology unit in Fife, headed by Dr Jane Gibson, is regarded by those who are in the best position to judge as being one of the best designed in the UK, with its peripatetic services and speedy diagnosis and referral service.