Staying Curious: The Enigma of Pain

Schedule

Fri Nov 07 2025 at 08:45 am to 04:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, SC

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North British Pain Association Autumn Scientific Meeting 2025, The Royal College of Surgeon's Hall, Hill Square, Edinburgh
About this Event

The North British Pain Association is a charitable organisation of professionals with an interest in scientific pain management, whose aim is to promote education and research to encourage a greater awareness of the importance of pain management.

The Biannual Scientific Meetings are aimed at people working with people who live with chronic pain, as well as people with lived experiences of pain, living and working within the North of England and Scotland. The meetings provide an opportunity to hear from a range of speakers on topics relevant to pain management.

This meeting is about Staying Curious: The Enigma of Pain. We hope to pique your interest with a varied array of speakers who will discuss the complexities of chronic pain and its management.

Topics that will be discussed and explored on the day include the challenges of medicine and surgery for chronic pain conditions, pain and functional neurological disorders, the links with chronic pain and politics. We have a really varied list of speakers for this event (full agenda to follow shortly).

In addition, we will hear from a number of poster presenters on a variety of topics relating to the event.


Agenda

πŸ•‘: 08:45 AM - 09:15 AM
Registration and coffee
πŸ•‘: 09:15 AM - 09:30 AM
Welcome
πŸ•‘: 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Joseph Burke, Trainee Clinical Psychologist

Info: Pain and FND


πŸ•‘: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Poster blitz
πŸ•‘: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee and poster viewing
πŸ•‘: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Debs Steven, Lead Clinical Pharmacist, NHS Fife

Info: To prescribe or not to prescribe? ....that is the question.


πŸ•‘: 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Kirsty Muir, Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology, NHS GGC/Lothian

Info: Poster Presentation: Pain Management Programme Face-to-Face versus Virtual delivery outcome evaluation (2019-2024)


πŸ•‘: 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Natalie Cowan, Clare Scott, NHS Borders

Info: Poster presentation: Neurodivergence and Chronic Pain: a survey of co-occurrence


πŸ•‘: 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch and poster viewing
πŸ•‘: 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Dr Jackie Walumbe, Advanced Practice Physiotherapist, University College Londo

Info: The Unbearable Politics of Pain


πŸ•‘: 02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Lyn Watson, National Clinical Lead for Scottish Government

Info: Update on the Scottish National Framework


πŸ•‘: 02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Afternoon coffee
πŸ•‘: 03:00 PM - 03:45 PM
Mr Gerard Cousins, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, NHS Highland

Info: Pete MacKenzie Memorial Lecture: Back Pain, Assessment and Management from a surgical perspective


πŸ•‘: 03:45 PM - 04:00 PM
President's closing comments
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Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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