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People living with long-term pain and illness need social security
July 04 , 2025
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In this blog I cover some of the difficulties that people with long-term pain and illness face with the UK benefits and welfare systems, and why governments should take on a deeper meaning of social security to improve health outcomes.
The social security system in the UK administers ...
Open letters #4. Opioids part ii
January 21 , 2025
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Dr. Lars Williams is consultant anaesthetist and pain specialist working for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Pain Service, as well as the Scottish National Pain Management Service. In this article, originally published in Pain Matters 87, Dr. Williams explores the complexities of using opioids for chronic pain management, ...
Open letters #3. Opioids part i
September 04 , 2024
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There are tricky pain topics where the gulf in understanding between clinician and patient can be difficult to bridge, and none are trickier than the question of opioids, Lars Williams writes.
Dr Lars Williams is a consultant anaesthetist and pain specialist working for the NHS Greater Glasgow & ...
Open letters #1. Introduction
September 04 , 2024
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Lars Williams, in the first of his new regular column for Pain Matters, begins his musings on how best to communicate complex concepts about pain and its conditions to those living with it
Dr Lars Williams is a consultant anaesthetist and pain specialist working for the NHS Greater ...
Open letters #2. Communicating pain
September 04 , 2024
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Lars Williams wonders if there is something about the nature of chronic pain that leaves clinicians uncomfortable, and makes it hard for them to communicate with their patients
Dr Lars Williams is a consultant anaesthetist and pain specialist working for the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Pain Service, ...
Musculoskeletal health inequalities & deprivation
June 04 , 2024
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The Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance launched an enquiry into musculoskeletal health inequalities – it was the first of its kind nationally. (Musculoskeletal conditions broadly means that which affects bone, muscles and joints).
According to ARMA, musculoskeletal conditions linked to deprivation or age, are more prevalent in women, and ...
Predictors of suicide risk in chronic pain patients
February 29 , 2024
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Living with chronic pain can be a heavy burden. Indeed, people with chronic pain face double the risk of death by suicide compared to individuals without pain. And so it is vitally important to identify those at risk in order to get them the right help and ...
NSAID Study Results
November 21 , 2023
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Last year some of our members kindly contributed to a study carried out by the University of Strathclyde on behalf of HIS (Healthcare Improvement Scotland). This study aimed to explore the advice and support offered to patients by pharmacists taking common painkillers known as NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory ...
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.
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.
The impact of helpline services
May 09 , 2023
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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. ...
134. Mental defeat
December 01 , 2022
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Listen to Airing Pain 134 – Warwick Study of Mental Defeat in Chronic Pain
