Health Awareness
Managing Pain 2025
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Pain management in the UK’s ageing population
With rising expectancy, older adults encounter more complex pain conditions, often compounded by multimorbidity and cognitive changes, demanding careful consideration of medicines, interventions, side effects and patient experiences. The UK population aged 65 and over is projected to rise to 27% by 2072 (ONS, 2025), with increasing social and healthcare challenges. Chronic pain rises substantially...
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Stop waiting for failure: rethinking osteoporosis identification and care
Pilot shows that osteoporosis can be identified before a fracture, saving pain and suffering. Osteoporosis, defined as low bone density, impacts one in three women and one in five men over 50.1 Sufferers risk broken bones from minor trips or falls, and for most, this is the first time they become aware of their condition....
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Five steps to stronger bones at any age
Around 3.5 million people in the UK have osteoporosis,1 a condition that weakens bones and makes them more likely to break. By the age of 50, one in two women and one in five men will experience a broken bone (also referred to as a fracture) because of osteoporosis.2 While the statistics sound daunting, there’s...
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Tackling the scourge of joint pain for the over-55s
Joint pain often strikes people just as they are seeking to remain active as they enter their older years. Joint pain is a major issue within an ageing population and one that adds to the burden on an already overstretched health service in the UK. Its onset often comes among people aged 55 and upwards...
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How complex regional pain syndrome exposes the chronic pain gap
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a little-known chronic pain condition. Its story shows why patients need better recognition, support and change. The agony of CRPS CRPS is a rare but devastating chronic pain condition, often triggered by a minor injury, that causes excruciating, disproportionate limb pain far beyond what the initial harm should cause.1...
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Understanding the person with chronic pain
Pain affects 28 million people in the UK1 and can affect every part of life. Here, three voices show how research, healthcare and lived experience drive change together. The British Pain Society’s (BPS) new strategy is championing care that’s multidisciplinary, research-informed and person-centred. Pain science meets lived experience Pain research must be shaped by those...
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Chronic pain: medicine’s silent struggle
Chronic pain affects an estimated 28 million people in the UK,1 yet alongside patients’ suffering lies another hidden burden: clinicians struggling to manage an increasingly complex condition. Pain UK’s survey of clinicians at the 2024 Royal College of GPs Annual Conference revealed frustration and helplessness, tempered by empathy, as dominant experiences in managing patients with...
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A community-first approach to bridging the diagnostic gap
Chronic musculoskeletal conditions, such as osteoarthritis and persistent, undiagnosed joint pain, are a leading cause of disability and healthcare utilisation in the UK.1 Delays in diagnosis, particularly for infectious arthritis, can result in prolonged pain, missed windows for early treatment and an overburdened secondary care system. Faster arthritis diagnosis breakthrough OrthoDx are seeking to address...
