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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 ...

Letter to my patient #1: Introduction

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, in the first of his new regular column for Pain Matters, begins his musings on how best ...

Sam Mason Discusses NHS Fife’s Pain Initiative on BBC

September 18 , 2024
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Sam Mason from Pain Concern discusses NHS Fife's Chronic Pain Management Initiative on BBC Scotland's The Nine One of August's highlights was the appearance of our very own Sam Mason on BBC Scotland’s news program The Nine. She offered insights into NHS Fife's Chronic Pain Management Initiative to ...

Paul Evans receives Honorary Membership to BPS

September 10 , 2024
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Paul Evans, Airing Pain Host, receives his Honorary Membership to the BPS from Heather Wallace, Pain Concern's CEO Paul Evans, Airing Pain Host, Receives Honorary Memberhip to the BPS (British Pain Society) We are proud to announce that Paul Evans, host of Pain Concern’s Airing Pain podcast, has been ...

Airing Pain 144 Dilemmas in Pain Research (Transcript)

August 21 , 2024
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Download PDF Listen now First broadcast: 12 July 2024 This edition of Airing Pain focuses on the challenges that researchers must overcome when researching pain and developing new treatment approaches. The interviews in this edition were recorded at the British Pain Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting, 2023. Edition features: Professor Robert Brownstone, Brain Research ...

Airing Pain 145: Rethinking Pain: Pain in the Community (Transcript)

August 14 , 2024
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Download PDF Listen now First broadcast: 14 August 2024 This edition of Airing Pain centres on rethinking the traditional clinician-patient relationship in pain management and exploring alternative approaches to bringing pain management back into the community.   The edition is presented and produced by Paul Evans. The interviews were recorded at ...

Airing Pain 145: Rethinking Pain: Pain Management in the Community

August 14 , 2024
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This edition of Airing Pain centres on rethinking the traditional clinician-patient relationship in pain management and exploring alternative approaches to bringing pain management back into the community.   Dr Barbara Phipps, GP and Lifestyle Medicine expert, discusses the development and benefits of group consultations for pain management.  Dr Jackie ...

Airing Pain 144 Dilemmas in Pain Research 

June 12 , 2024
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This edition of Airing Pain focuses on the challenges that researchers must overcome when researching pain and developing new treatment approaches. Many questions remain unanswered in the field of pain research. For example we might know that a treatment works for some people living with pain, but ...

Airing Pain 143: Personalised Medicine and Empowered Pain Relief (Transcript)

April 10 , 2024
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Download PDF Listen to edition 143 Watch on YouTube with subtitles First broadcast: 10 April 2024 This edition is presented and produced by Paul Evans, and includes interviews with: Professor Tony Dickenson, Professor of Neuropharmacology at University College London Dr. Beth Darnall, PhD, Professor of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University ...

Airing Pain 143: Personalised Medicine and Empowered Pain Relief

April 10 , 2024
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This edition of Airing Pain focuses on the treatment of pain, the importance of catering treatment to a person’s individual genetic makeup, and why addressing the psychological dimensions of pain is crucial in treating it effectively. The process of finding a medication or treatment that works for a ...

Bringing Virtual Care to a Rural Community

April 04 , 2024
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Charles Patterson is Digital Facilitator at Powys Living Well Service The Powys Living Well Service supports individuals across the rural county of Powys. Charles Patterson explains the importance of providing consistent, high-quality care and support as close to home as possible Supporting independence with local care Care and support close ...

Airing Pain 142 – a listener’s review

March 28 , 2024
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Dale Rockell listens to, and reviews, edition 142 of Airing Pain: Societal Inequalities and Disparities in Pain Management. Dale Rockell is a photographer, blogger and Airing Pain listener who lives with fibromyalgia. As someone living with Fibromyalgia, I have an active interest in learning to live better ...
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