Unrestricted educational or research grants

The Society wishes to continue the positive relationships that it has had with industry over the years, and is aware that we are all working to benefit patients by improved education of primary and secondary care doctors, health care professionals and patients.

The Society has decided that donations from the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries can be directed into two one of two funds, either the research fund or the education fund. Donations can only be accepted in a fully unrestricted manner as an educational grant or an research grant. Acknowledgement of any grants made would be in our Annual Report at the end of the financial year.

The British Pain Society is becoming increasingly busy with regard to educational initiatives and publications. You may be aware that a new Core Curriculum by the International Association for the Study Of Pain was published in August 2005. We will be actively participating in the roll-out of this curriculum in small seminars in London and in January 2005, we held our first Primary Care Study Day, which was a great success. The Society’s Communications Committee is very active and its comprehensive publication strategy aims to produce contemporary guidance, supported by available evidence, on clinical and other pain matters. Our publicaitons are updated three yearly to incorporate relevant new information.