The Patient Voice of The BPS

We are the Expert Patient & Carer Committee of The British Pain Society & endeavour to ensure our collective voice is heard throughout the work of the society.

[The Patient Voice of The BPS @PatientBps]

The @ROHNHSFT have a great resource for patients & their families on Understanding Chronic Pain. It was developed in conjunction with organisations & pain patients & their families.
You can watch their video👇
https://t.co/rgbHaJyX4X

[Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) @NHSGIRFT]

🆕Best practice tool for primary care.

Interactive, one‑page ‘poster’ to support assessment & management of neck & back pain, inc. red flags, pain advice, videos & referral guidance.

Read more/bookmark👉https://t.co/eFAA5FTeUK

#PrimaryCare #MSK #SpinalPain

@PandaSurgeon

[National Institute for Health and Care Research @NIHRresearch]

Take a look at our latest funding and development opportunities below 👇

More opportunities are available on our website. Search for your future funding here: https://t.co/zVxUTNuJtY

[Pain Association @PainAssocScot]

What is your window of tolerance? Are you managing your stress?

Wondering how to get started with stress management? 📺https://t.co/8QbcSu7wkb

#ThoughtfulTuesday #Stress #ChronicPain

@SoniaCottom

[NHS @NHSuk]

5 common mistakes when using sunscreen ☀️

Take care when going out in the sun and don’t forget your sunscreen.

Find more information on the NHS website5 common mistakes when using sunscreen ☀️

Take care when going out in the sun and don’t forget your sunscreen.

Find more information on the NHS website5 common mistakes when using sunscreen ☀️

Take care when going out in the sun and don’t forget your sunscreen.

Find more information on the NHS website5 common mistakes when using sunscreen ☀️

Take care when going out in the sun and don’t forget your sunscreen.

Find more information on the NHS website5 common mistakes when using sunscreen ☀️

Take care when going out in the sun and don’t forget your sunscreen.

Find more information on the NHS website5 common mistakes when using sunscreen ☀️

Take care when going out in the sun and don’t forget your sunscreen.

Find more information on the NHS website.

[Arthritis UK @arthritisukorg]

For most people a diagnosis is a relief, because they finally have an answer.

With a diagnosis, you can begin to understand and educate yourself, which can help you to feel more in control.

Find out more: https://t.co/j8b535BAAV

#ArthritisAwarenessMonth

[Bath Centre for Pain Services @BCPSBath]

For over 25 years, BCPS has hosted the Pain Forum: a free, quarterly public lecture series sharing leading research and clinical insights on pain. Online via Microsoft Teams and open to all.

Learn more & access past talks:
👉 https://t.co/CkpnsddqFH

#BCPS #PainResearch

[Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) @NHSGIRFT]

🔎New insights into chronic pain care from #GIRFT

Join our webinar to hear key findings from 20 system-level reviews & explore how we can deliver more personalised, neighbourhood-based care.

🗓️27/5 - 12.30

Info/register👉https://t.co/Tuk9hLlRQQ

@MakinsHelen #ChronicPain #NHS

[Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) @NHSGIRFT]

🆕GIRFT guidance supports providers to reduce unnecessary pre-op Group & Save testing for hip & knee patients, helping cut delays, repeat testing and cancellations.

✅ Fewer tests
✅ Fewer visits
✅ More efficient pathways

More⬇️: https://t.co/VG4rQ6FMJL

@BritOrthopaedic #NHS

[NHS @NHSuk]

Cervical screening updates? They’re in the NHS App.

Invitations, reminders and routine screening results are now in one place. Turn on notifications so you don’t miss important updates.

If your result needs further follow-up, you’ll also be contacted directly by the NHSCervical screening updates? They’re in the NHS App.

Invitations, reminders and routine screening results are now in one place. Turn on notifications so you don’t miss important updates.

If your result needs further follow-up, you’ll also be contacted directly by the NHSCervical screening updates? They’re in the NHS App.

Invitations, reminders and routine screening results are now in one place. Turn on notifications so you don’t miss important updates.

If your result needs further follow-up, you’ll also be contacted directly by the NHS.

[Pain Concern @PainConcern]

Learn more about pain & what you can do for yourself at a free education session

🤝 A unique partnership with the NHS
⭐ Delivered by educators with lived experience
📍 Online & in-person

👉 https://t.co/staO4WH01R

[Pain Concern @PainConcern]

📣 Drop-in session at Craigmillar Library
📆 Tues May 26th
🕝 Pop by any time 11:00–13:00

Not local to Craigmillar? Call our friendly helpline to find out how we can support – 0300 123 0789

@NHS_Lothian
@Edinburgh_CC
@EdinburghHSCP
@VOCALEdinburgh
@CraigmillarMed1

[Pain Concern @PainConcern]

It is unfortunately quite common for people in pain to be told by others that it must be ‘all in the mind’

More on pain dismissal, including the lived-experience perspective, in issue 90 of Pain Matters

👉 Read now https://t.co/KzRHqwtkZD

[Pain Concern @PainConcern]

How do we honour neurological difference?

🗞️ Top tips for clinicians, common myths debunked, the lived-experience perspective... all in the latest Pain Matters magazine

👉 https://t.co/f87XZ6o3qh

[Pain Association @PainAssocScot]

We are delighted to announce a new offering in partnership with the university of law, Leeds to provide monthly supported self management education for the community.

Learn more: https://t.co/dGIJT684BM

@VolActionLeeds @LeedsCommFound @InvolvingYou @LeedsMind

[Pain Association @PainAssocScot]

Chronic Pain? We Can Help. 🌟

Join our FREE Angus 5-week course starting Tue 7th April 2-4pm.

Details ⬇️➡️ Register - https://t.co/ss7FpOnmTI

@SoniaCottom @NHSTayside @AngusHSCP @volactionangus @AngusCarers @ScotCLWnetwork @AdviceCentre_NW @MonifiethMed @alissprogramme

[Pain Association @PainAssocScot]

Now I have coping skills I can use every day, for life.
Just wish I’d found it sooner.

Want to feel the same? Join our FREE April course in Angus 👉 https://t.co/ss7FpOnmTI

#FeedbackFriday #ChronicPain #SelfManagement

@SoniaCottom @ForAcademyMed @AngusCouncil @NHSTayside

[Arthritis UK @arthritisukorg]

For many people living with arthritis, joint replacement surgery is the difference between independence and daily pain.

Yet across England, access to treatment is unfairly being rationed due to a patient’s BMI.

Read @politicshome article: https://t.co/3nGA8suJlM

[The Pharmaceutical Journal @PJOnline_News]

The ‘Community pharmacy contractual framework’ for 2026/2027 will not be in place for the start of the financial year, @ComPharmEngland has announced

#ukpharmacy #communitypharmacy

https://t.co/dcc7EJVzi6

[Princess, The Tower @APainPrincess]

“Plans can change—with no warning… one small problem can lead to another, to another… It’s hard to admit I have so many limits and harder to follow them. But I know if I don’t follow my limits one day, I’ll be even more limited the next.” https://t.co/qWCm16DWqs #ChronicIllness

[NBPA @NBritPain]

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