Pain Forum
The Pain Forum was launched in 2000 after the recognition that pain was of interest to a large number of healthcare professionals in the greater Bath area. These meetings have been well supported by clinicians in the local area. We invite world leaders in pain research to present their work and discuss developments. These speakers are chosen for the high quality of their research and their ability to communicate it well.
Pain Forum is a quarterly, free public lecture series that we have maintained and hosted for more than 20 years.
We host high profile speakers from research and clinical practice in pain. We anticipate that our audience will be professionals, but anyone is welcome.
The lectures are delivered online via Zoom, to allow maximum access across the country and beyond. If you are interested, keep an eye on X (Twitter!) @BCPSBath, or email us at ruh-tr.RNHRDPainEducation@nhs.net to get on the mailing list.
This lecture is presented with the Bristol and Bath Chronic Pain Health Improvement Team, a regional group of specialist researchers and clinicians in the field of chronic pain.
Upcoming Presentations
Tuesday 16th December 2025, 4:00-5:00pm
Epidemiology of chronic pain across BNSSG and Implementation of a community-based Pain Management Programme to improve clinical outcomes with cost effectiveness
Professor of Molecular Medicine at Bristol University and Consultant in Pain Medicine at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. His principal academic roles are as Director of Bristol Health Partners AHSC and Director of NIHR Bristol Clinical Research Facility.
Bio: My research is focused on the epidemiology of chronic pain (CP) which represents a major global burden and has a UK prevalence of 43%. I led: (a) the consortium which generated the UK Biobank CP phenotyping questionnaire, identifying 98,000 participants with CP, and (b) an analysis of CP using the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire system-wide dataset of ~800,000 adults. Results demonstrated CP is the second most impactful condition on health services after anxiety/depression, and the most impactful in the over 50s. It is common in women and more deprived populations, with a significant under-representation of all non-white groups/communities. I am currently focused on delivery at scale of pain management programmes in local neighbourhood hubs close to where patients live (rather than in hospital settings) and much earlier in the patient CP journey, maximising participation and minimising disability and medicalisation.
We look forward to inviting her to present to the Bath Pain Forum. We will look to record the talk so if you cannot make it on the night or want to watch it back, you can. We will aim to send out the link by the end of the week following the talk.
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Previous Presentations
Online Lecture, Tuesday 3rd March 2025
Disorders of the Gut Brain Interaction: Practical Approaches for the Implementation of the Biopsychosocial Model
Dr Natalia Zarate-Lopez, Consultant Neurogastroenterology, UCLH
Online Lecture, Tuesday 3rd December 2024
The challenges of cannabis in paediatric medicine
Mr Bhumik Patel, Clinical Pharmacist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Online Lecture, Tuesday 10th September 2024
Bread and Roses- Why we need both in pain care and research
Cassandra Macgregor, School of Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow
Online Lecture, Tuesday 25th June 2024
Pain and ageing - where are we now and what needs to be done?
Professor Pat Schofield, Professor of Clinical Nursing at the University of Plymouth.
Online Lecture, Tuesday 2nd April 2024
FND in Children.
Dr Majumdar (Consultant Paediatric Neurologist), Dr Falidah (Consultant Paediatric Neurologist) and Dr Eve (Paediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist) from Bristol Royal Children's Hospital
Online Lecture, Tuesday 5th December 2023
From magic pills to mindsets: Ethically harnessing 'Body Mindsets' to improve pain care in cancer, chronic pain, and beyond.
Dr Lauren Heathcote, Associate Professor of Health Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London
Online Lecture, Tuesday 31st October 2023
Exploring pain within a broader psychosocial contex
Dr Ed Keogh, Bath Centre for Pain Research and Department of Psychology, University of Bath
Online Lecture, Tuesday 11th July 2023
"Sore knees and achy feet": Musculoskeletal pain in children and young people
Professor Kate Dunn, Professor of Epidemiology, Lead of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Health Research, Keele University
Online Lecture, Tuesday 6th December 2022
Functional Autoantibodies in Symptom-Based Conditions
Dr Andreas Goebel, Director of the Pain Research Institute, University of Liverpool
Online Lecture, Tuesday 18th October 2022
Changes to Visual Processing in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Other Pain Conditions
Dr Janet Bultitude, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Department of Psychology and Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath
Online Lecture, Tuesday 29th March 2022 4.00 - 5.00pm
The Neural Underpinnings of Individual Differences in Pain
Dr Massieh Moayedi, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto; Co-Director, Centre for Multimodal Sensorimotor and Pain Research
Online Lecture, Tuesday 9th Nov 2021 4.00 - 5.00pm
Opioids in the treatment of Chronic Pain: An Overview
Professor Kevin Vowles, School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast
Online Lecture, Tuesday 6th July 2021 4.00 - 5.00pm
Taking a broader perspective: Exploring the social and developmental contexts of paediatric pain
Dr Abbie Jordan, Reader in Psychology, University of Bath, Department of Psychology and Centre for Pain Research
Online Lecture, Tuesday 16th March 2021 4.00 - 5.00pm
Self-management of chronic pain (version 1,2 or 3): which one works best for you?
Jackie Walumbe, Advanced Practice Physiotherapist, UCLH, NIHR Doctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
Online Lecture, Tuesday 1st December 2020, 4.00 - 5.00pm
Work and Pain: A Lifespan Developmental Approach
Dr Elaine Wainwright, Reader in Occupational Health Psychology, Bath Spa University
Online Lecture, Tuesday 4th August 2020, 4.00 - 5.00pm
"Pain following the onset of critical illness (including Covid-19)".
Dr Harriet Kemp, Lecturer in Pain Medicine, Imperial College London
July 2019
The Challenges of Cannabis in Paediatric Medicine
Mr Bhumik Patel, Clinical Pharmacist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
March 2019
Pain in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Sensation, Emotion and Behaviour
Dr David Moore
December 2018
Pain Management in an Electronic Age – Websites, e-Learning and Social Media
Dr Douglas Natusch
September 2018
Researching pain qualitatively: past, present, future
Professor Rachael Gooberman-Hill
May 2018
Non-inflammatory, pain-sensitising autoantibodies in chronic pain conditions: what are the therapeutic implications?
Dr Andreas Goebel
March 2018
Pain, Acceptance and Mindfulness: How lifespan developmental factors affect pain-related disability
Dr Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert
December 2017
Neuropathic Pain in Children
Dr Suellen Walker
December 2016
Process-Focused Treatment for Chronic Pain: Deeper, Broader and More Progressive
Professor Lance McCraken
May 2016
Human Pain Channelopathies
Professor David Bennett, Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, University of Oxford
February 2016
Hypermobility; over-medicalised or misunderstood?
Dr Jacqui Clinch
December 2015
Predictive Processing – A New Model of Pain
Dr Mick Thacker
September 2015
Do we know what we’re doing? Treatment mechanisms in chronic pain rehabilitation
Dr Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert, Senior Clinical Psychologist and Research Lead for BCPS
Sarah Wilson, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist at BCPS and chair of Physiotherapy Pain Association
May 2015
Chronic Pain in the Litigation Context
Bruce Dyer and Richard Lowes, Partners at BLB solicitors
February 2015
The use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Insomnia
Dr Guy Meadows
December 2014
Chronic Pelvic Pain: an enigma and a few conundrums
Dr Winston de Mello, Consultant in Pain Medicine at University Hospital of South Manchester and is a founding member of the UK Pelvic Pain Society.
September 2014
Research Update from CRPS Team
CRPS Team at Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath
Professor Candy McCabe, Dr Jenny Lewis – Senior Clinical Research Occupational Therapist, Sharon Grieve - Clinical Research Nurse
May 2014
Transition Work with young adults- Whenever and Wherever it is needed
Dr Hannah Connell
Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead at Bath Centre for Pain Services
December 2013
Psychological Treatments for Chronic Pain: Evidence, Challenges and Opportunities.
Professor Chris Eccleston. Department of Health, University of Bath, Director of the Centre for Pain Research and Coordinating Editor of the Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care (PaPaS) Cochrane Review Group.
September 2013
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Out on a Limb and Irrelevant to Me!
Professor Candy McCabe, Consultant Nurse, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and Professor of Nursing and Pain Medicine, University of the West of England
April 2013
Primary Care Management for Low Back Pain. An Overview of the STarT Back Trial
Kay Steevenson & Helen Duffy, Keele University
February 2013
Veterans & Chronic Pain: Trauma, Injury and Treatment of the Whole Person
Dr Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert
December 2012
At the Translational Interface of Pain: New Drug developments for Neuropathic Pain
Professor David Wynick,
Professor of Molecular Medicine at University of Bristol and Honorary Consultant Physician in Endocrinology and Diabetes at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.
February 2011
Pain and Healing
Professor Paul Dieppe, Honorary Professor of Health Services Research
October 2010
Chronic Pain and Return to Work
Professor Paul Watson
November 2009
Pelvic Pain
Dr Beverly Collett, Consultant in Pain Medicine at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust