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New Online Mindfulness Taster Sessions

October 22 , 2024
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After the amazing response to our last free, online mindfulness taster sessions, we are thrilled to be bringing them back! The design of these sessions is to give you a peek into the potential benefits of mindfulness for chronic pain, sample a few practices, and answer all your ...

Funding from the People’s Postcode Lottery

October 21 , 2024
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We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding by the People's Postcode Lottery. This will go towards our core costs which helps us with our activities to support people living with chronic pain. People's Postcode Lottery People's Postcode Trust ...

Letter to my patient #3: Opioids

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. There are tricky pain topics where the gulf in understanding between clinician and patient can be difficult to bridge, ...

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 ...

Volunteers’ Week 2024

September 10 , 2024
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A joyous John Finch receiving his award for Trustee of the Year as part of Volunteers' Week 2024 Celebrating Volunteers' Week 2024: Honouring Our Outstanding Team June was a month of celebration here at Pain Concern, as we’ve had the privilege of recognising some of our incredible volunteers and ...

IASP 50th Anniversary

August 21 , 2024
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Celebrating half a century of the International Association for the Study of Pain 2024 is the 50th anniversary of IASP – The International Association for the Study of Pain.It’s the 'leading global organization supporting the study and practice of pain and pain relief, bringing together scientists, clinicians, health care ...

Professor Andrew Rice Appointed President of IASP

September 11 , 2024
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Professor Andrew Rice Appointed President of IASP Courtesy of Imperial College London We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Professor Andrew Rice as the new President of IASP (International Association for the Study of Pain). Renowned World Expert A renowned world expert in neuropathic pain, Professor Rice brings a wealth ...