Tag: chronic pain

In this blog I cover some of the difficulties that people with long-term pain and illness face with the UK benefits and welfare systems, and why governments should take on a deeper meaning of social security to improve health outcomes. The social security system in the UK administers ...

The North British Pain Association (NBPA) held its Autumn Scientific Meeting on 8th November 2024 in Edinburgh, focusing on the theme of Pain Management Across Identities. Thank You! We thank the NBPA committee for organising a day of engaging talks and discussions. It was inspiring to hear about efforts ...

We’re excited to share the launch of the Chronic Pain Knowledge Hub, a new resource from NHS Education for Scotland. This hub has been developed in partnership with the National Pain Education Group, of which Pain Concern is a member. What is the Hub? The Hub was created ...

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 ...

Download PDF Listen now Airing Pain 149: Why pain persists: from childhood trauma to faulty immunity First broadcast 21st May 2025 This edition of Airing Pain looks at the research into why pain persists, how we can identify people at risk and whether we could prevent it happening. The interviews ...

Download PDF Listen now Trailer - Airing Pain 149: Why pain persists: from childhood trauma to faulty immunity First broadcast 16th May 2025 Shafiq Sikander, a professor of sensory neurophysiology at the William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University, London. Gareth Hathway, professor of neuroscience at the University of Nottingham’s’ ...

This edition of Airing Pain looks at the research into why pain persists, how we can identify people at risk and whether we could prevent it happening. In this episode: How does acute short-term pain turn into chronic, persistent pain? Kathleen Sluka explains that people who experience psychological trauma ...

This edition of Airing Pain focuses on advances in understanding and managing chronic pain, from neuroimmune mechanisms to new diagnostic and treatment approaches. In this trailer for AP 149, listen to excerpts from the full program on:- how does acute, short term pain turn into chronic, persistent pain? - ...

There are tricky pain topics where the gulf in understanding between clinician and patient can be difficult to bridge, and none are trickier than the question of opioids, Lars Williams writes.  Dr Lars Williams is a consultant anaesthetist and pain specialist working for the NHS Greater Glasgow & ...

Living with chronic pain can be a heavy burden. Indeed, people with chronic pain face double the risk of death by suicide compared to individuals without pain. And so it is vitally important to identify those at risk in order to get them the right help and ...

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

Listen to Airing Pain 134 - Warwick Study of Mental Defeat in Chronic Pain