Professional bodies, societies etc.
The British Pain Society is the largest multidisciplinary professional organisation in the field of pain within the UK.
The pain network is an organisation for nurses, healthcare workers and patients with an interest in the treatment of pain and pain management.
Formed in 1986 to cater for the specialist needs of anaesthetic and recovery nurses.
The PPA was formed to bring together and provide information for Physiotherapists with the common interest of managing patients with both acute and long term pain.
BACCN AIMS TO... Provide opportunities and services for members which support personal and professional development, and promote the art and science of critical care nursing.
A small group of Occupational Therapists set up a pain management special interest group in January 1995. Since then our membership has grown and we are now known as the National Occupational Therapy Pain Association (NOTPA). The association is recognised by the British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT) and it is our aim to become a specialist section. We are also represented on various committees of the Pain Society.
The Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS) helps nurses, midwives and health visitors develop practice and improve patient care by using and sharing research findings, evidence and knowledge. The Foundation of Nursing Studies: · is an independent charity set up in 1991 · is free to join and welcomes all nurses, midwives, health-visitors, student nurses, academics and other healthcare professionals - join on-line at www.fons.org/fonsform.htm · supports practice development projects · offers small grants · promotes nursing/healthcare awards · organises conferences · supports professional networks.
PROPRIUS is the organisation for Centres responsible for the training, education and assessment of students in Operating department Practice (ODP).
Research sites etc.
The Health On the Net Foundation (HON), created in 1995, is a Non-Governmental Organization under the aegis of the Département de l'Action Sociale et de Santé (DASS), Geneva. HON's mission is to guide lay persons or non-medical users and medical practitioners to useful and reliable online medical and health information. HON provides leadership in setting ethical standards for Web site developers
Journals etc.
News Review is published monthly and distributed to every hospital operating theatre department in the UK. The distribution includes both the National Health Service and the Private Sector.
The premier online resource for dressing materials and practical wound management information.
Miscellaneous sites.
The Breathworks Project offers mindfulness-based pain management and strategies for living well to anyone wishing to live a richer life and feel a greater sense of initiative and confidence.
Mentoring UK - Mentoring UK and other related mentoring links
PDUK - Practitioner Development UK The leading edge training organisation for Advanced Practice Health Care Providers
The aim of the IEU is to promote and disseminate the educational, research and clinical activities of The Institute, in order to improve the treatment, care and quality of life of people with cancer.
The New Health Network is an independent health organisation committed to a safe, successful and efficient health system. It is the only think-tank that focuses exclusively on patients needs and expectations. It brings together health professionals and policy makers for lively debate and creative thinking so that practitioners are active participants in driving NHS modernisation forward.
0870 7650001
The Doctors Support Line is staffed by volunteer doctors to provide peer support for doctors & medical students in the UK.
An independent, confidential and anonymous service.
This site is for anyone with a professional or personal interest in pain and analgesia. It is firmly based in the principles of evidence-based medicine and has pulled together systematic reviews with pain as an outcome
website is for health professionals dealing in research, assessment and treatment of pain.
From the Cancer BACUP booklet series
UK Healthcentre One of the most comprehensive health related site in the UK.
The Pain Management Unit is a clinical and research unit with bases both at the university of Bath and the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases
The University of Stirling, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh and Glasgow Caledonian University are working together to establish the Scottish Network for Chronic Pain Research. The aim of this new project is to conduct, promote and coordinate research that will help inform policy and practice in the management of chronic pain. Its broader aim is to bring together those involved in pain management and research across Scotland.
The Health and Medical Directory lists companies and businesses, serving the UK, providing Alternative, Beauty, Fitness and Nutrition, Health Products, Information, Medical Disciplines, Types of Health and Working Health in the UK.
The purpose of this review is to suggest methods of relieving acute postoperative pain
Author Dr Ed Charlton, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK.
Our mission is to support rigorous research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), to train researchers in CAM, and to disseminate information to the public and professionals on which CAM modalities work, which do not, and why.
A UK charity which funds research into
the causes and treatment of human chronic pain
Pain Concern is run by chronic pain sufferers. We give information and support
to pain sufferers, their families and their carers.
An information website designed to help sufferers and their carers learn more about a range of common painful conditions. Run by Dr. Richard S. Walker, Consultant in Pain Management and Medical Osteopath.
Produced by Dr Michael Kocan this site offers advice on the use of botox for a variety of pain, and non pain, related topics
The website of the Buddhist Hospice Trust, committed to compassionate care of seriously ill, dying or bereaved people, Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. A Hospice in the Heart.
This website was created as part of a three year project to improve pain assessment in children.
AOP is a national charity providing support for people affected by chronic pain, either as a sufferer or a carer/relative.
'Pathology specific' sites
Editor-in-chief Dr. M.R.Chester. Director of the National Refractory Angina Centre,
Mersey Regional Cardiothoracic Centre,
United Kingdom.
The BPSA is a support group run by bladder pain sufferers for bladder pain suffers.
The Fibromyalgia Association UK (FMA UK) is a non-profit making organisation working towards raising awareness of fibromyalgia (FM) in the UK.
The Society has three primary objectives:
To promote services for the relief of women with endometriosis and their partners and families who are in need of support.
To advance the education of the general public, and especially those in the medical or similar professions, concerning the causes, effects and treatment of endometriosis and other related conditions.
To promote study and research work into endometriosis and related conditions and publish the results of all such study and research.
The MS Society is the UK's largest charity for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - about 85,000 people in the UK.
RSD-Arena is a venue wherein people having been diagnosed with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome are able to communicate with other sufferers, to support one another or to generally talk and exchange information.
We aim to raise awareness of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) and to provide information and encouragement.
The aims of the Trigeminal Neuralgia Association UK are to provide information and offer support to members, and to raise awareness of TN amongst medical professionals as well as the general public.
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And finally:
Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions
Operated by Stephen Barrett, M.D
The Medical Cannabis Picture Gallery would like to thank the many generous photographers and collectors who have given us permission to display the images that make this Museum such an important educational resource.
Jason Wolfe's collection of cartoons, sketches and jokes which he has built up over the years from various sources. These include newpapers, books, journals and the occasional one which he has designed himself. Jason is a London based Doctor.
OK, so you may not need this one every day, but we couldn't resist including a link! (its by the same author as the link above and was produced as his 'elective' project - nice one Jason!)
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