Working
Parties
Working Parties are set up by the British Pain Society Council
on a year on year basis. The Working Parties are normally made up
of Council members and members of the Society, but from time to
time the Society also invites non-member professionals who have
a specific expertise.
There are currently six Working Parties of the Society. Below is
a description of the Working Parties and a list of members for 2008-2009.
Healthcare Resource Group (HRG)
The Healthcare Resource Group looks at pain management as
a distinct treatment specialty and aims to diagnose, assess
and treat complex pain disorders involving a multidisciplinary
team.
| Position |
Name |
Specialty |
| Chair |
Dr Cathy Price |
Pain Medicine |
| |
Dr Polly Ashworth |
Psychology |
| |
Dr Mike Bailey |
Anaesthesia |
| |
Dr Carol Davidson |
Nursing |
| |
Dr Catherine Maddock |
Nursing |
Click on the links below for more detailed information:
Introduction
to HRG's
Final
version of Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) v. 4.0 for 2008
Understanding and managing pain: information
for patients review Working Party
This Working Party has been set up to review the 2004 British Pain
Society patient leaflet Understanding
and managing pain: information for patients.
| Position |
Name |
Specialty |
| Chair |
Mrs Nia Taylor |
Lay Member |
| |
Dr Joan Hester |
Pain Medicine |
| |
Ms Ruth Day |
Nursing |
| |
Dr Amanda C de C Williams |
Psychology |
| |
Dr Paul Watson |
Physiotherapy |
| |
Dr Stephen Allen |
Pain Medicine |
| |
TBC |
Lay Member |
Recommendations for
the appropriate use of opioids for persistent non-cancer pain review
Working Party
This working party has been set up to review the 2004 British
Pain Society publication on the appropriate use of opioids
for persistent non-cancer pain
| Position |
Name |
Specialty |
| Chair |
Dr Cathy Stannard |
Pain Medicine |
| |
Dr Amanda C de C Williams |
Psychology |
| |
Dr Doug Justins |
Anaesthesia/Pain Management |
| |
Dr Judy Myles |
Psychiatry |
| |
Dr Richard Potter |
General Practice |
Recommendations for
management of persistent pain in the community Working Party
This Working Party is responsible for producing guidelines on Recommendations
for management of persistent pain in the community. This publication
will be published by The British Pain Society and The Royal College
of General Practitioners'.
| Position |
Name |
| Chair |
Dr Joan Hester |
| |
Dr Cathy Price |
| |
Ms Val Conway |
| |
Dr Martin Johnson |
| |
Mrs Ann Taylor |
| |
Dr Paul Alexander |
| |
Dr Roger Knaggs |
| |
Dr Mark Ritchie |
| |
Dr Chris Barker |
| |
Ms Carol Sweet |
Cancer Pain Management
Working Party
This Working Party is responsible for producing a publication on Cancer Pain Management.
| Position |
Name |
| Chair |
Dr Joan Hester |
| |
Prof. Sam Ahmedzai |
| |
Dr John Williams |
| |
Dr Paul Farquar-Smith |
| |
Prof. Marie Fallon |
| |
Prof. Jon Raphael |
| |
Dr Catherine Urch |
| |
Ms Janette Barrie |
| |
Ms Karen Robb |
| |
Ms Rebecca Haines |
| |
Ms Heather Wallace |
| |
Dr Martin Johnson |
| Contributors |
Dr Peter Hoskins |
| |
Mr Brian Simpson |
| |
Dr Edvard Ernst |
The use of drugs beyond licence
in palliative care and pain management (2005)review
Working Party
This working party has been set up to review the 2005 British
Pain Society publication on the use of drugs beyond licence.
| Position |
Name |
| Chair |
Dr William Campbell |
| Co-Chair |
Dr Andrew Wilcock |
| |
Prof. Sam Ahmedzai |
| |
Dr Nick Allcock |
| |
Dr Clare Gerarda |
| |
Dr John Goddard |
| |
Dr Roger Knaggs |
| |
TBC - lay representative |
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