Tag: education
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.
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The poster was created by Dr. Martin Dunbar, Dr. Cathy Price and Pain Concern's People, Project and Operations Manager Sam Mason. ...
Sponsored Peloton Fundraising for Pain Concern
May 03 , 2023
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From 7 - 12 May, a group of cyclists travelled in and around the north-east of England, sharing the latest understanding of pain science and management with the people who could benefit the most.
The group behind this feat is Flippin’ Pain, a public health campaign that aims ...
Chronic pain and health inequalities: what should we do?
March 22 , 2023
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This guest article from Cass Macgregor and Bronagh Galvin explores the current inequalities in health care for those in chronic pain.
Earn Continuing Professional Development credits through Airing Pain
October 20 , 2022
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Find out about how you can earn Continuing Professional Development credits by listening to, and reflecting on, Pain Concern's Airing Pain podcast.
September is Pain Awareness Month!
September 15 , 2021
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The theme for Pain Awareness Month 2021 is #PAINCOUNTS
The World Health Assembly (WHA) – a subsection of the World Health Organization (WHO) – has declared September Pain Awareness Month. This month is dedicated to raising public awareness and understanding of pain. Many organisations around the world contribute, ...
Pain Matters 76 – Out Today
September 07 , 2020
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Our new issue, Pain Matters 76, is published today, Monday 7 September
What do we mean when we talk about pain?
In this edition of Pain Matters, we have invited the members of the Flippin’ Pain™ campaign to guest-edit a pain neuroscience education special. A public health campaign delivered by Connect ...
Airing Pain 119: Experts by Experience: Working together in pain management programmes
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 ...
September is Pain Awareness Month!
September 11 , 2019
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The World Health Assembly (WHA) – a subsection of the World Health Organization (WHO) – has declared September Pain Awareness Month. This month is dedicated to raising public awareness and understanding of pain. Many organisations around the world contribute, including the U.S. Pain Foundation, the International Pain ...
Airing Pain 117: Patients as Research Partners
September 03 , 2019
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Involving patients in researching their own condition – it seems logical, so why is it not more common?
This edition was facilitated by the British Pain Society and recorded at their Annual Scientific Meeting 2019.
In this edition of Airing Pain, Paul Evans investigates the potential for patients to ...
Chronic pain after surgery
July 10 , 2019
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What is chronic post-surgical pain? How common is it? How is it treated? Professor Julie Bruce & Professor Stephan Schug explain
What is chronic post-surgical pain?
Let’s start with some definitions – acute postoperative pain is the pain experienced immediately after an operation, usually lasting for days ...
Not all in the mind
July 07 , 2019
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It is unfortunately not uncommon for people in pain to be told by others (family, colleagues or healthcare professionals) that their pain must be ‘all in the mind’. Amanda C de C Williams gives some tips on how you can respond
There is a way of thinking that ...
Airing Pain 113: Translating Chronic 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 ...
