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Pete Moore Senior Trainer in the NHS Expert Patient Programme and Pain Champion A free interactive resource developed using cutting-edge technology to help millions living with persistent pain has been launched in collaboration with Teesside University. AI Pete: Interactive Support for Persistent Pain Academics from Teesside University’s Centre for Rehabilitation worked ...

Zoe and Zak's Pain Hacks by Dr Joshua Pate. Review by Tim Atkinson Tim Atkinson is an author, freelance writer and Vice-Chairman of the British Pain Society Patient Voice Committee. Contrary to the long-held (and, thankfully, long-discredited) notion that babies "can't feel pain" we now know that, just like ...

The Chronic Pain Couple, by Karra Eloff. Review by Tim Atkinson Tim Atkinson is an author, freelance writer and Vice-Chairman of the British Pain Society Patient Voice Committee. "No man is an island" wrote John Donne. To which we might add man, woman, and child. But for the chronic ...

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Niki Jones and Lee Vaughan (left, second from left), Trustee Richard Pell (centre) and their supporters. In September 2023 two fundraisers with lived experience of pain undertook an epic 144 mile ride from one side of the UK to the other, with the aim of highlighting the ...

Read about Lindsay McLean's experience of a pain management programme from the perspective of a patient, and how it affected her life.

Calderside Medical Practice in Lanarkshire has moved from treating persistent pain as a symptom that needs a drug to treating it as a long-term condition that can be managed with information and support. Since changing their approach in 2016 they have registered around 300 patients with pain ...

Author Leeanne Killen is Community Link Worker/Primary Care Development Manager, North Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership. Health is impacted by a wide range of factors that are not always medical, including isolation, money worries, housing issues, self-management, work, and lifestyle. Leeanne Killen gives an insight into ...

Dr Mick Serpell, Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine for Greater Glasgow & Clyde NHS Let me explain, I work with patients who have chronic pain. My journey as a novice in the triathlon world required me to make changes in my beliefs and behaviours. Changes very similar ...

Pain Concern presented the poster 'Impact of a Patient-led Helpline on NHS Services' at the British Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2023. Read below, or download the poster. The poster was created by Dr. Martin Dunbar, Dr. Cathy Price and Pain Concern's People, Project and Operations Manager Sam Mason. ...

This guest article from Cass Macgregor and Bronagh Galvin explores the current inequalities in health care for those in chronic pain.

Read Pain Concern’s response to recent discussions around Assisted Dying.