Government Organisations
Chronic Pain Policy Coalition: The Chronic Pain Policy Coalition is a forum established in 2006 to unite patients, professionals and parliamentarians in a mission to develp an improved strategy for prevention, treatment and management of chronic pain and its associated conditions. http://www.paincoalition.org.uk
Department of Health: http://www.dh.gov.uk
Department of Health Long Term Conditions Team: In January 2008, the Prime Minister committed to putting in place a Patients' Prospectus setting out how the 15.4 million people living with long term conditions in England could access a choice of self care services. Your health, your way - a guide to long term conditions and self care was launched on NHS Choices on 2 November 2008, setting out the support that patients should expect to receive from their Primary Care Trusts and local authorities.
Department for Work and Pensions: The Department for Work and Pensions exists to promote opportunity and independence for all through modern, customer-focused services. http://www.dwp.gov.uk
European Federation of Neurological Societies: EFNA's motto is "Partnership for Progress" and we really do try to achieve our aims by this route, combining the strength and experience each of our member organisations has acquired in the work for its own particular medical condition. EFNA draws together all that experience to unite in a common cause, providing the international medical community, politicians and other decision-makers with an active partner and source of authoritative information across a broad, but extremely important and distinctive area of medicine - brain disorders. http://www.efna.net
European Headache Federation: EHF dedicates its efforts to improving awareness amongst governments, health care providers and consumers across Europe of headache disorders and their personal and socioeconomic impact. http://www.ehf-org.org
Medicine Guides: Medicine Guides is a new online resource providing patients and the general public with information about UK-licensed medicines. Medicine Guides have been developed by the Department of Health, the NHS, the pharmaceutical industry and patient and professional groups, and are made available in partnership with NHS Direct Online. The aim of Medicine Guides is to enable patients to make informed decisions; be more involved in treatment choices; and make best use of their medicines. Information on pain can be found here. http://www.medicines.org.uk/guides
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA): Regulates medicines and medical products in UK- including pain treatment. http://www.mhra.gov.uk
MS Society of GB & NI: The MS Society is the UK's largest charity for people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) - about 100,000 people in the UK. http://www.mssociety.org.uk
(The) MS Trust: The MS Trust is a national charity. They provide information for anyone affected by, and health professionals working with people with MS. There is a factsheet on pain available for downloading and chat room sessions. http://www.mstrust.org.uk
(The) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE): Find out how individual technologies, including medicines, medical devices, diagnostic techniques, and procedures will improve patient healthcare. http://www.nice.org.uk
NHS Local: Provides a source of local support groups for a number of differing conditions and services. http://nhslocal.nhs.uk/near-me/support
Wales NHS: http://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk
Page last updated on 19 Feb 2012