Our Aims

To help people improve their quality of life despite the pain.
To facilitate a change in an individual’s locus of control.
To develop pathways to overcome challenges and limitations.
To promote a reduced reliance on clinical services through collaborative working with a range of health and social care professionals and those with funding decision-making authority.
To provide a via exit strategy and encourage access to self-management at a much earlier stage of their journey, in particular GPs.
To promote the measurement of pain and patient outcome data collection to support future pain initiatives.
To work with the Scottish Government via the National Advisory Committee for Chronic Pain through collaboration of initiatives.
To promote self-management initiatives within the community in response to local need.