Tag: communication
140. Adverse childhood experiences
November 15 , 2023
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Listen to Airing Pain 140 to hear about the links between adverse childhood experiences, pain and parental mindset.
Pain Concern presents poster on the Impact of Helpline Services
May 09 , 2023
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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. ...
119. Experts by experience
November 05 , 2019
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Patient volunteers and healthcare professionals on working together in pain management programmes
This edition of Airing Pain has been supported by a grant from the Plum Trust.
In September, the British Pain Society’s special interest group on pain management programmes held their annual conference. A workshop entitled ‘Experts by ...
113. Translating pain
May 08 , 2019
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Using creative writing to better represent the chronic pain experience
This edition is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Chronic pain often exists ways that cannot be seen. Due to the intangible and ambiguous nature of many chronic pain conditions that lack clear-cut causes and treatment, patients ...
107. The Navigator Tool
October 02 , 2018
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How Pain Concern’s Navigator Tool can help focus pain appointments
This edition has been funded by funded by the Health and Social Care Alliance and Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation.
In 2015 Pain Concern released its report, ‘Breaking barriers to self-management of chronic pain in primary care’, marking the ...
103. Relationships
June 11 , 2018
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How pain’s unpredictability can affect interpersonal relationships, and recognising help when it appears
This edition of Airing Pain is funded by the JTH Charitable Trust and the Persula Foundation.
With between one third and one half of people living with chronic pain in the UK alone, the number of ...
78. Putting children’s pain in the picture
January 06 , 2016
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How children can express their pain in art, plus tips for parents
This edition is funded by a grant from the Stafford Trust.
‘In hospital. Don’t know what’s going to happen to me.’ These words, written by a child asked to describe her pain after surgery, speak of the ...
72. The barriers to managing pain
October 14 , 2015
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Why self-management isn’t working and what we can do about it
This edition is part of a project funded by the Health and Social Care Alliance.
We know that supported self-management reduces the impact of chronic pain on daily life, but many people in pain feel they are not ...
Breaking Barriers #5: Medical investigations
September 05 , 2015
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Doctors and patients can both get caught up in an almost endless search for a cure or a clear diagnosis of what’s causing the pain. Searching for a medical solution is understandable, but it can delay people in starting to learn to manage their pain.
With the right ...
Breaking Barriers #4: GP consultations
September 04 , 2015
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Your GP is likely to be the healthcare professional who’ll be most involved in helping manage persistent pain, but it can sometimes be a difficult relationship. People in pain and their GPs both often feel that there isn’t enough time to deal with a problem as complex ...
Breaking Barriers #3: Emotional impact of chronic pain
September 03 , 2015
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Pain can involve a lot of loss – of friendships, work or plans for the future. The emotional impact of these losses as well as of the pain itself often hits people hard.
People with long term pain can find themselves struggling with low mood, depression, anxiety and ...
Airing Pain 60: Young Carers 2 of 2
July 01 , 2014
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How pain affects the relationship between adults and young people and tips from a family therapist
This edition has been funded by the City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian’s Self-directed Support Innovation Fund.
In the second of our two programmes focusing on young carers for people in pain, ...
