Action on Pain takes an active role in providing advice and support to people living with pain and t hose affected by it's intrusive effects on daily life. Working closely with other organisations both in the UK and Internationally, the team strives to raise the profile of pain with politicians, NHS Managers and health professionals.

The British Pain Society is the representative body for all professionals involved in the management and understanding of pain in the United Kingdom. The Society aims to achieve the highest possible standards in the management of pain, through education, training and research in all fields of pain and by facilitating the exchange of information and experience.

This site is hosted by the NHS server but has total independence and has been constructed to foster a user-ownership ethos, actively encouraging comments and contributions, and relying on feedback to shape its future content and development. The Expert Patients Programme is a self-management course giving people the confidence, skills and knowledge to manage their condition better and be more in control of their lives.

The Chronic Pain Policy Coalition is a newly established forum for patients, professionals and parliamentarians who operate at policy level to develop an improved strategy for the prevention, treatment and management of chronic pain and its associated conditions.

Offers: Information and support for pain sufferers, those who care for them and about them, free factsheet and leaflets to help you manage your pain, a quarterly magazine and a Listening-ear helpline.

This website provides information on the Pain Management skills that are the basis of NHS Pain Management Courses, a discussion forum, a regular newsletter and a confidential Contact Club for friendship and support.

The South Thames Acute Pain Group was founded by a small group of enthusiastic anaesthetists in 1995 and encompasses all practitioners working in the South Thames Healthcare Trusts who are actively engaged in acute pain management

Mr. Collen has created this site with art pieces about his pain and has discovered that art is far more effective at communicating the pain experience than words. The PAIN Exhibit received over 500 entries of pain art from across the globe. Although the art depicts great suffering, it also expresses transcending the suffering.