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Airing Pain programme 98: IASP Global Year of Excellence in Pain Education & North Bristol Pain Management Programme
January 03, 2018
airing pain, Chronic Pain, Educating healthcare professionals, Education, funding and availability of pain services, General practitioners (GPs), Healthcare policy, Pain management programmes, Patient perspective, Research, Social and economic impact of pain
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What is the IASP Global Year of Excellence in Pain Education, and how does pain management research benefit the patient? For a full transcript of this programme, please click here. This edition is funded by Pain Concern’s donors and friends, assisted by an educational grant from Grünenthal. The Inte
Continue Reading →Press release on HM Government Plans to Restrict Pain Medicines 23/10/2017
October 26, 2017
Monday 23rd October 2017 Government moves to reclassify pain medications pregabalin and gabapentin create fear and anxiety for people living with long-term pain Health charity Pain Concern is warning that moves to restrict prescribed painkillers pregabalin and gabapentin over their association wit
Continue Reading →UK Government to reclassify pregabalin and gabapentin after rise in deaths
We at Pain Concern wish to address the recent articles published in Pulse Today titled ‘Pregabalin and gabapentine set to become controlled drugs’ on the 21st September, and the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on the 25th September 2017 titled ‘UK government to reclassify pregabalin and gabapentin aft
Continue Reading →The British Pain Society needs your support!
October 02, 2017
The British Pain Society has launched a new campaign; PAIN:LESS. Its goal is to raise awareness of how pain affects people in the UK, to raise visibility and to facilitate dialogues for those people who are suffering in silence, and they need your support to
Continue Reading →Powerful painkiller use ‘doubled in 15 years’ – BBC Article
The BBC has published an article concerning the rising use of ‘potentially addictive painkillers’ in England. You can read it here.
Continue Reading →Transcript – Programme 90: Back Pain
August 15, 2017
David Rogers, physiotherapist and co-author of ‘Back to Life’, explains the biopsychosocial model and simple, effective ways to manage persistent back pain. To listen to the programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF? Please click here. This programme was funded by a grant from The Schuh
Continue Reading →Pain Concern’s response to NHS England’s proposal to restrict prescribing of certain pain medicines by general practitioners
Pain Concern is a national charity that supports those who live with long term pain, and those who care for them, by providing information on pain and its management through a variety of media platforms. We also raise awareness about pain and the need to improve the provision of pain management serv
Continue Reading →Response to news reports regarding fentanyl
Pain Concern supports the following press release from the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Faculty of Pain Medicine “Response to recent news reports regarding fentanyl “The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) and The Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) are concerned with misinformation included
Continue Reading →Transcript – Programme 91: Not an Old Man’s Disease
July 24, 2017
Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis and affects 1 in 40 people in the UK. So why do we still see it as something that exists only in the pages of Victorian novels? In this episode of Airing Pain we go inside the Houses of Parliament and speak with MPs, clinicians, patients and UK
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