Pain-talk is run by healthcare workers, on a 'not-for-profit' basis, and provides an on-line venue where individuals can share their experiences, ask questions, request help, publicise events, etc. etc.
Since its launch in the autumn of 2003 pain-talk has grown into an active, viable community, proving itself an invaluable resource.
The site has featured in a number of journals, received critical acclaim from a variety of sources and has been nominated for New Statesman Magazine's 2006 'New Media awards'
In November 2004 the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) published a research paper by Professor Stephen Coleman of Oxford University entitled "The Network Empowered Citizen"
This work looked at the impact and growing importance of e-democracy and network empowerment. Pain-talk was one of the six examples of on-line democracy studied and was described as '(a) practical example of grass-roots e-democracy at its best'
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Pain-talk is fully accredited under HONcode principles of the Health On the Net Foundation. You can verify our certification by clicking HERE
Some information for potential sponsors or advertisers
Please consider supporting us. Why not take a look around our site, or contact us to find out more?
We are seeking sponsors to help us maintain and develop our site. With twelve-month sponsorship packages available at £250 and £500 this could be your chance to be seen as an active supporter of the pain management community (and, of course, gain well targeted exposure for your company and its products)
For details of sponsorship levels please click HERE
Box Advertisements
As an alternative to sponsorship we offer advertising space on our ‘Conferences & study’ and ‘Jobs listing’ pages. A box advert on these pages costs only £75 per year, and can be linked back to your website. Our box advertising rate offers a targetted audience, as a cost that is less than the ubiquitous post-card in a shop window!!!
Thank you for visiting, and please consider helping to support our site.
Glenn Bruce, (Full time 'Pain-Nurse', part time Site Manager)
We are seeking sponsors to help us maintain and develop our site.
This could be your chance to be seen as an active supporter of UK pain management (and, of course, gain well targeted exposure for your company and its products)
Click HERE to view a breakdown of members by occupation/role (will open in a new browser window)
Google - ranked number one worldwide in searches for:
Pain Management forumUK pain managementYahoo - ranked number one worldwide in searches for:
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Pain Management forumSite statistics
A 'snap-shot' of our recent site stats is shown below. Importantly, of course, these visits are by individuals with an active interest in pain management, and represent, therefore, an ideal 'target audience' for any potential sponsor.
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Much of pain-talk's traffic comes from direct referrals, however search engine ranking also remains important:
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This page was last updated: April 20, 2006
