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Airing Pain, the popular digital radio programme for people living with chronic pain, is returning for a brand new series. Tune in to Able Radio for the first episode on Tuesday 3February at 8pm!  Since 2010, Airing Pain has brought together people with chronic pain and top specialists to ...

Join us every Tuesday and Sunday at 8pm on Able Radio as we repeat some of Airing Pain’s best programmes! Tune in next week on Tuesday 18th November for the first of five weekly programmes in our repeat series looking at reducing pain without drugs. Each programme provides ...

Two-thirds of people in pain have experienced discrimination at work, the findings of an online poll conducted by Pain Concern suggest. One hundred and six people participated in the survey on Pain Concern’s HealthUnlocked forum, with 70 answering ‘Yes’ to the question: ‘Do you feel you have had ...

The impact of pain on the family is "neglected". Lost childhood, financial burden, emotional turmoil and guilt – these are some of the challenges facing family members who care for people in pain on top of the caring itself. Caring for someone in pain can be especially ...

Did you know it’s Volunteers’ Week this week? If you have thought of volunteering, but were unsure how you could help, this is a great time to find out more. Volunteering has lots of benefits – from teaching you new skills (which could help get a job) to ...

Pain Concern’s Annual General Meeting is to be held on June 30th at 6:30 pm, with refreshments provided from 6pm, at our offices in Newcraighall. Please find below links to download the relevant documents. We look forward to seeing you there. AGENDA of AGM 2014 OSCR_FINAL_COMBINED ...

Airing Pain, the popular digital radio programme for people living with chronic pain, will return to the airwaves for a fourth series on Tuesday 22 April at 8pm. Tens of thousands of listeners tuned into the last series and Pain Concern hope that many more will discover Airing ...

A film ‘Struggling to be me’ exploring patients’ experiences of living with chronic musculoskeletal pain, received over 2,000 hits on NIHR youtube within a 12 week period. This film presents the findings from a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Services & Delivery Research (HS&DR) project [1] ...

People on painkillers for chronic pain should have at least an annual review of their medication to ensure they are being given the best drugs to treat their condition, according to new advice to be issued to GPs and other healthcare professionals. The recommendations – issued by the ...

In October the new Global Year Against Pain (GYAP) – the International Association for the Study of Pain’s annual yearlong campaign – begins. This year it centres on orofacial pain, which is physical discomfort associated with the mouth and face. Each year IASP’s campaign attempts to raise awareness ...