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Calderside Medical Practice in Lanarkshire has moved from treating persistent pain as a symptom that needs a drug to treating it as a long-term condition that can be managed with information and support. Since changing their approach in 2016 they have registered around 300 patients with pain ...

Author Leeanne Killen is Community Link Worker/Primary Care Development Manager, North Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership. Health is impacted by a wide range of factors that are not always medical, including isolation, money worries, housing issues, self-management, work, and lifestyle. Leeanne Killen gives an insight into ...

Dr Mick Serpell, Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine for Greater Glasgow & Clyde NHS Let me explain, I work with patients who have chronic pain. My journey as a novice in the triathlon world required me to make changes in my beliefs and behaviours. Changes very similar ...

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. ...

This guest article from Cass Macgregor and Bronagh Galvin explores the current inequalities in health care for those in chronic pain.

Read Pain Concern’s response to recent discussions around Assisted Dying.

While #WalkYourDogMonth is an attempt to encourage people to exercise their dogs regularly, the team at Pain Concern reckon that it's a great opportunity to consider the positive effects that regular dog walks can have for the owners too – whether living with pain, or not. It goes ...

Pain concern is delighted to receive a Volunteer Friendly Award.

We are pleased to share the North British Pain Association Autumn Scientific Meeting 2022 Poster Prize Winner Cassandra MacGregor’s poster: An Ecosystem of Accepting Life with Chronic Pain: A Meta-ethnography. View the poster in full below. Cassandra's MacGregor and her PhD team's poster An Ecosystem of Accepting Life ...

A quality improvement initiative. As part of Pain Awareness Month, and to mark the release of our new Airing Pain podcast programme: Sharing pain - how group consultations can help long COVID and other conditions, we are privileged to be able to share this study on virtual pain ...