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Letter to my patient #2: Communicating Pain

September 04 , 2024
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Dr Lars Williams is a consultant anaesthetist and pain specialist working for the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Pain Service, as well as the Scottish National Pain Management Service. Lars Williams wonders if there is something about the nature of chronic pain that leaves clinicians uncomfortable, and makes ...

Pain Concern’s Pain Education Sessions

April 10 , 2024
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Learn more about pain and what you can do to manage it yourself at our 2-hour pain education session The Pain Education Session is for anyone who has had pain for more than 12 weeks. The session will give you a better understanding of your pain to help ...

We’re hiring – Pain Educator

February 08 , 2024
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We're hiring - find out about our Pain Educator position.

Pain Concern’s links with Astley Ainslie hospital 

December 19 , 2023
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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 ...

Pain Concern Poster wins People’s Choice Award!

November 08 , 2023
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Find out about our award-winning poster, and take a read yourself.

Coast to Coast challenge raises awareness of pain

October 26 , 2023
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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 ...

NICE are looking for your help

August 30 , 2023
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NICE are calling for help from people with lived experience of pain and their healthcare professionals - help shape their patient decision aid.

Chronic pain and health inequalities: what should we do?

March 22 , 2023
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This guest article from Cass Macgregor and Bronagh Galvin explores the current inequalities in health care for those in chronic pain.

Pain Concern supported NHS Forth Valley patients with dedicated helpline

March 02 , 2023
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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 ...

25th Anniversary Edition – Pain Matters 75

May 20 , 2020
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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 ...

Understanding Pain with Flippin’ Pain – Pain Matters 76

September 07 , 2020
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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 at 100 with the Glasgow Pain Education Sessions

March 14 , 2018
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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 ...