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Airing Pain #147: Person-Centred Care

December 04 , 2024
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This episode of Airing Pain focuses on person-centred care. Person-centred care is based on the individual rather than on a generic group of patients.   In this episode:  Vicky Sandy-Davis, Lead Nurse of Independent Health and Social Care, talks about the importance of recognizing the value of person-centred care, specifically ...

Airing Pain 146: Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBS & IBD)

October 09 , 2024
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This edition of Airing Pain focuses on two conditions affecting the gut: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Both affect the digestive system, and both cause pain.  In this episode we learn about what separates these outwardly similar sounding conditions, how they are diagnosed, and ...

Sam Mason Discusses NHS Fife’s Pain Initiative on BBC

September 18 , 2024
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Sam Mason from Pain Concern discusses NHS Fife's Chronic Pain Management Initiative on BBC Scotland's The Nine One of August's highlights was the appearance of our very own Sam Mason on BBC Scotland’s news program The Nine. She offered insights into NHS Fife's Chronic Pain Management Initiative to ...

Paul Evans receives Honorary Membership to BPS

September 10 , 2024
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Paul Evans, Airing Pain Host, receives his Honorary Membership to the BPS from Heather Wallace, Pain Concern's CEO Paul Evans, Airing Pain Host, Receives Honorary Memberhip to the BPS (British Pain Society) We are proud to announce that Paul Evans, host of Pain Concern’s Airing Pain podcast, has been ...

Airing Pain 145: Rethinking Pain: Pain Management in the Community

August 14 , 2024
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This edition of Airing Pain centres on rethinking the traditional clinician-patient relationship in pain management and exploring alternative approaches to bringing pain management back into the community.   Dr Barbara Phipps, GP and Lifestyle Medicine expert, discusses the development and benefits of group consultations for pain management.  Dr Jackie ...

Airing Pain 144 Dilemmas in Pain Research 

June 12 , 2024
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This edition of Airing Pain focuses on the challenges that researchers must overcome when researching pain and developing new treatment approaches. Many questions remain unanswered in the field of pain research. For example we might know that a treatment works for some people living with pain, but ...

Airing Pain 143: Personalised Medicine and Empowered Pain Relief

April 10 , 2024
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This edition of Airing Pain focuses on the treatment of pain, the importance of catering treatment to a person’s individual genetic makeup, and why addressing the psychological dimensions of pain is crucial in treating it effectively. The process of finding a medication or treatment that works for a ...

Airing Pain 142: Societal Inequalities and Disparities in Pain Management

February 21 , 2024
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In this edition of Airing Pain, Paul investigates the significant inequalities and disparities in treatment among primary care pain management services. Pain Concern would like to remind listeners that the topic of chronic pain can be uncomfortable for those with lived experience of chronic pain. Please read the ...

Airing Pain 141: Living with Childhood and Young Adult Cancer

December 20 , 2023
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This edition of Airing Pain sheds light on the unique challenges of living with cancer as a child or young adult, and the later impacts of the cancer treatment they underwent during the critical formative years. Airing Pain speaks to experts on the longitudinal impacts of cancer ...

Airing Pain 140: Childhood Pain – Adverse Experiences and Parental Relationships

November 15 , 2023
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Listen to Airing Pain 140 to hear about the links between adverse childhood experiences, pain and parental mindset.

Airing Pain 139: Living with Persistent Pain in Wales 2023

October 04 , 2023
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This edition of Airing Pain was recorded at the Living Well with Persistent Pain in Wales conference during Pain Awareness Month in September 2023. The topic of the conference was the launch of the refreshed persistent pain guidance first published in 2019.  The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how ...

Airing Pain 138: Dance, Chronic Pain and Self-Compassion

August 30 , 2023
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Hear interviews with Edinburgh Festival Fringe performers who have chronic pain, as well as researchers exploring dance and self-compassion.
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