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The staff and volunteers at Pain Concern are taking part in the Edinburgh Christmas 5k Fun Run to raise money for the charity. You can help us out by donating on our JustGiving page. You can donate as much as you like, and also apply Gift Aid to your ...

December sees the launch of a new e-PAIN programme designed to improve early diagnosis and management of pain. The multi-disciplinary programme is aimed at all NHS healthcare professionals who do not specialise in pain medicine, but regularly encounter patients suffering from acute or chronic pain. Dr Douglas ...

A British Pain Society and Dr Foster Intelligence joint Audit has found that safety protocols need to be reviewed in many specialist pain services to ensure that mental health risk assessment and full case reviews of missed diagnoses are routinely performed. The report recommended that specialist training ...

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 ...

If you’re considering volunteering, come and meet us in Edinburgh this Wednesday at the Volunteer Recruitment Fair. Volunteering is a great opportunity to build skills, experience and contacts. We could use your help in our helpline, media department, policy department, audio transcription, fundraising, ...

Responses are still being invited for the Scottish Government’s consultation on the provision of specialist residential chronic pain services in Scotland. The closing date for responding is Sunday 27 October, and the consultation documents can be found on the Scottish Government website. The ALLIANCE (Health and Social Care ...

Lloydspharmacy is looking into how listening to music can help with pain management and would like to know what you think. Have you tried listening to music to relax or distract yourself from chronic pain? Do you think it can help you to manage your pain? Lloydspharmacy would ...

We are currently recruiting for our Listeners and Readers Panel. Would you be interested in helping us to make our information as helpful and informative as possible? As part of the Panel you will listen to audio files, give us feedback on interviews, and read occasional information leaflets ...

Colin Rae, Andy Crockett and Lars Williams will be running the Loch Ness marathon, September 29th 2013, to raise funds for Pain Concern. The runners: Colin Rae - gazelle-like natural Colin moves with a gazelle-like grace that would appear to lend support to the notion that humans are, as the ...

The James Lind Alliance's Priority Setting Partnership have published a new 10-minute survey to investigate the gathering uncertainties about hip and knee replacements for osteoarthritis. If you have or know someone who has osteoarthritis of the hip or the knee, or you are a healthcare professional, take the ...