Staying Curious: The Enigma of Pain
Schedule
Fri Nov 07 2025 at 08:45 am to 04:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, SC
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
🕑: 08:45 AM - 09:15 AM
Registration and coffee
🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:30 AM
Welcome
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Joseph Burke, Trainee Clinical Psychologist
Info: Pain and FND
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Poster blitz
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee and poster viewing
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Debs Steven, Lead Clinical Pharmacist, NHS Fife
Info: To prescribe or not to prescribe? ....that is the question.
🕑: 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)
🕑: 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Natalie Cowan, Clare Scott, NHS Borders
Info: Poster presentation: Neurodivergence and Chronic Pain: a survey of co-occurrence
🕑: 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch and poster viewing
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Dr Jackie Walumbe, Advanced Practice Physiotherapist, University College Londo
Info: The Unbearable Politics of Pain
🕑: 02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Lyn Watson, National Clinical Lead for Scottish Government
Info: Update on the Scottish National Framework
🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Afternoon coffee
🕑: 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
🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:00 PM
President's closing comments
Where is it happening?
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 40.00 to GBP 150.00
