Professor Mark Johnson, Director of Leeds Beckett's Pain Team (Centre for Pain Research) blogging on KHL winning the King's Fund GSK Award, Rethinking Pain's part & on our collaboration with The School of Health, Leeds Beckett University pain team leedsbeckett.ac.uk/blogs/school-o…

Not long until #LWwPConference! You'll hear real-world examples from practitioners and those from pain support services, including our very own Kerry Page and Dr Shahzad Jamil. bit.ly/LWwPConference

Our speakers. Shahzad Jamil and Kerry Page meeting Deepak + colleagues old & new - choosing between parallel talks will be tricky as they all sound interesting. More of the RP team descend today.

Boushra Khan is an academic researcher supporting our Islam & Pain pilots in Bradford. Can you share her link to help investigate experiences of the Muslim population drawing on the Qur'an & recitation to improve their LTCs & Quality of Life qualtricsxmfggp3jlly.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6L…

#Footstepstochange conference hearing Deepak Ravindran talking about nutrition, gut biome & foods important place in Lifestyle Medicine approaches. Proud Deepak signposted to Rethinking Pain's DIET THERAPY resource & tools HERE rethinkingpain.org/diet-therapy/ @LWwPconference

Kerry Page will present with our clinical education lead, Shahzad Jamil @LWwPConference on our developing model for delivering community led & based faith & culturally adapted pain support in Bradford enabled by Happyhealthyyou Keighley Healthy Living HALE 💙 Bradford District Craven Health & Care Partnership

End of a fantastic day at @LWwPainconference for our team, Kerry, Shahzad, Ruth & Matt . Brilliant keynote talks and parallel sessions, Emma & Dr Laura Hissey must be worn out - well done to everyone involved #integration #culturechange #chronicpain

Our partner Happyhealthyyou has been invited to Buckingham Palace to celebrate their achievements! What an honour. Thoroughly well deserved! #royalgardenparty

Last week we ran two sound baths at accessible community locations (Keighley Healthy Living and West End Centre #Stayconnected) to help our participants to relax and regulate their bodies. Thank you to Kerry at This Liberating Life for facilitating

Thanks to Bill Graham BillGraham💥 for arranging yesterday's Community of Practice day, where commissioners, primary care and the VCS came together to learn how to collaborate more effectively for an improved patient experience #collaboration

Last week we met with our partner Happyhealthyyou to share skills and key points from our Creative Therapy workshop. Happy Healthy You will be adapting and delivering this innovative module in #painmanagement to the diverse population of Bradford in Urdu and Punjabi 💬

A busy few weeks for Rethinking Pain! A highlight has to be capturing the unique stories of two young people in service - we spoke about the difficulties they've encountered in their daily lives due to their #pain and how friendships have been affected. New videos coming soon 📽️

How Prof Mark Johnson Leeds Beckett welcomed everyone to their Pain summer showcase event- this is going to be a fun day

Our Clinical Lead Shahzad Jamil’s work was showcased @LeedsBeckett -exploring what’s possible when we work with diverse communities in place & on equal power terms - honouring culture, faith and values to co-create workshops

We're reflecting on the #Footstepstochange conference- a fantastic day with influential speakers, including Deepak Ravindran and others. See the summaries here with Rethinking Pain's Kerry and Dr Jamil speaking about the importance of adapting culturally: bit.ly/F2C-Videos

Just look at some feedback we received at a recent Understanding Pain workshop! The values and benefits of peer and community support were passed on, and now the service user is less isolated, optimistic and full of hope 🌟 #painmanagement #community