Not long til the half day online NBPA event. Friday 8th May 9am-1pm hearing from/talking with: Dr Kieran Dinwoodie, Dr Stephanie Hii, Gillian Pettigrew, Sonia Cottom and Samantha Mason.
Further information and tickets (booking fee optional): https://t.co/pkie5VMSHf
Really looking forward to hearing from Stephanie Hii during our online event on Friday 8th May.
For tickets go to: https://t.co/pkie5VMSHf (booking fee optional)
@PainConcern@PainAssocScot
Looking forward to hearing Sam Mason from Pain Concern and Sonia Aitken from Pain Association Scotland discussing third sector engagement for those with chronic pain. #nbpa2026@PainConcern@painassociation
New NHS England Neurology Service specification.
✅FND is one of seven core subspecialties
✅FND services MUST be provided in each specialised neurology centre.
This is huge recognition of how common FND is in neurology - and unthinkable 20 yrs ago. 1/
https://t.co/XvGo0NIryA
NHS Fife, With You, and local pharmacies have partnered to help reduce drug-related deaths.
All Fife pharmacies now offer emergency naloxone, and over 60 provide training and kits to at-risk individuals and their families.
https://t.co/JEweehaz7W
Study results show that employing a clinical pharmacist in GP practices leads to significant reductions in the total costs of medicines, the total number of opioid prescriptions and the average quantity of anxiolytics per 1,000 patients
#ukpharmacy
https://t.co/ZlVscj0G9I
@loulouscorpio Wishing you all the best Louise, you have changed the world we live and work in. Pleasure to have made your acquaintance. All the best for the future xx
🌟 Save the Date: Feb 5, 2025! 🌟
📅 Chronic Pain Community Appointment Day
🕙 10 AM - 4 PM
📍 Bon Accord Centre, Aberdeen
✅ Meet NHS Grampian and AberdeenCityHSCP
✅ Peer support at Pain Café ☕
📲 Scan to book!
#ChronicPainSupport#FreeEvent#AberdeenEvents
Was fantastic to welcome the Minister earlier this week. She showed a clear understanding of the challenges people living with pain face and the variety of strategies needed to live well with pain .
Minister for Public Health and Women's Health @Jenni_Minto visited Fife this week to hear more about NHS Fife’s innovative ‘Pain Talking’ programme.
https://t.co/gBRWajPaY9
@scotgovhealth
Happy Pharmacy Technician Day #RxTechDay to all my pharmacy technician colleagues. Thank you in particular for all that you do for antibiotic stewardship and to confront AMR. 🙏🏻
💬 "It has been empowering to learn that medication may have a role, but it is certainly not the only way to live well with pain."
Thanks to delphinusfc75 for sharing the profound difference that our pain management service has made to their life. More: https://t.co/lr2xwfHBmT
🧠"Fibromyalgia is a real pain condition, and the effects are real." In our new video, experts from the British Pain Society’s Education SIG explore the challenges of fibromyalgia and how to manage it.
Watch now: https://t.co/DSEy7wDjvl #Fibromyalgia#ChronicPain#FibroAwareness
If you need to go into hospital, please remember to take all your medicines, including vitamins or supplements, in a clearly marked bag.
Your medicines are prescribed only for you - it’s not safe to share them with anyone else.
Today, we are announcing our ambition to move to become a Royal College.
We are setting out our proposals for change following an independent, 18-month-long review of our constitution and governance.
Explore the proposals in detail: https://t.co/IIKi6aO7Vj
Thanks to Suzie & Charlie sharing their lived experience. We need wider public health messaging at a national level to support understanding but we're trying here in @nhsfife . https://t.co/7yKSPBIOHi #timeforchange
This week we got the chance to spread the message about the role of supported self management, & medicines in chronic pain. A chance to highlight the work going on across Scotland to support this community. Always so much more we could say 1/2