News
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Urogenital pain
Published: 12 December 2012
The Pain Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine is organising a meeting on Urogenital Pain on Friday 18 January 2013 at the Royal Society of Medicine
Forum web survey
Published: 12 December 2012
The committee would like to say a huge thank you to the hundreds of our forum members who took the time to complete our survey.
Sunday Times article
Published: 30 November 2012
A palliative care nurse who has helped thousands of people prepare for death and to cope with pain, describes her ongoing passion for providing end of life care.
Letter from the editor - Helen Taylor
Published: 24 August 2012
August 2012 letter from Pain and Palliative Care Forum newsletter editor Helen Taylor
The third international symposium on the “Societal Impact of Pain” (SIP 2012)
Published: 24 August 2012
In Copenhagen on 29-31 May 2012, a European multi-stakeholder expert group finalised its position paper demanding acknowledgement of chronic pain as disease in its own right by EU governmental institutions and member state governments.
The roles and functions of the British Pain Society
Published: 24 August 2012
The British Pain Society (BPS) is involved in all aspects of pain and its management through the work of its council, committees and working parties. One major project that is currently being undertaken is “Pain Patient Pathway Mapping”, which will really help ensure equity of patient care in the future.
Let's talk about end of life care - events across UK
Published: 24 August 2012
The first of a series of end of life care workshops being held by the RCN in conjunction with the National End of Life Care Programme (NEoLCP) and Dying Matters was held in Exeter on the 13 June 2012. "Let's talk about end of life care" ensured the focus of the workshop was on having difficult conversations and advance care planning (ACP).
Showcasing research, policy and practice about end of life care for LGBT people
Published: 24 August 2012
The first groundbreaking conference on end of life care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people took place in June 2012.
Pain and Palliative Care Forum stimulates lively debate at Congress event
Published: 24 August 2012
The six members of the newly formed Pain and Palliative Care Forum steering committee gave 2012 Congress delegates a whistlestop tour of innovations and developments in acute and chronic pain, palliative care and end of life care.
Putting pain on the agenda: the first English Pain Summit report
Published: 21 August 2012
As a committee member of the RCN Pain and Palliative Care Forum, I was pleased to attend the presentation of the report of the first English Pain Summit: Putting Pain on the Agenda, held in the House of Commons on 4 July 2012.