Pain Education

We are delighted to announce that Pain Concern has secured funding from the The Trades House of Glasgow Commonweal Fund to support our pain education initiatives. Sam Mason and Heather Wallace at the Commonweal Fund Awards Ceremony. Following a recent committee meeting on Wednesday 6th March, the Commonweal ...

We're hiring - find out about our Pain Educator position.

Pain Matters Magazine In 2021 Pain Concern marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the very first Pain Concern (UK) Lothian Group newsletter, later to become the Pain Matters magazine that we know today, by going back to where it all started - Astley Ainslie Hospital. The Lothian Group was ...

Find out about our award-winning poster, and take a read yourself.

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 ...

NICE are calling for help from people with lived experience of pain and their healthcare professionals - help shape their patient decision aid.

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

Pain Concern received funding from the Scottish Government to enable us to support patients waiting to be seen by pain management services at NHS Forth Valley. The helpline service was offered that provided specific information about the Forth Valley Pain Management Service, self-management and how access to ...

Get your copy now! Inside issue 75: The twenty-fifth anniversary issue of Pain Matters sees us return to the hospital where it all started, as NHS Lothian take the helm. This issue’s theme is compassion-focused therapy, with the team showing the different ways they use compassion as part of a holistic pain management approach. This ...

Get your copy now! Inside issue 76: What do we mean when we talk about pain? In this edition of Pain Matters, we have invited the members of the Flippin’ Pain™ campaign to guest-edit a pain neuroscience education special, to aid us with understanding pain. A public health campaign delivered by Connect ...

Airing Pain’s centenary! In this landmark edition Paul Evans explores the origins of Airing Pain with founder Heather Wallace, and visits one of Pain Concern’s informative pain education sessions In 2010, Airing Pain was conceived as a way for those with chronic pain, unable to leave their homes ...