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Patients Deserve Better – Mayo Hospital campaign launch
Patients Deserve Better - Mayo Hospital campaign launch Patients Deserve Better Campaign is now focusing on Mayo Hospital and we invite all impacted by a lack of services to register today for the launch of the Mayo Hospital campaign. The Neurological Alliance of...
Sleep Research persistent musculoskeletal pain
Sleep Research: Does a brief sleep education workshop change beliefs about sleep in healthcare professionals and people with persistent musculoskeletal pain and disordered sleep? About this Research CBT-I World Cafe. is led by University of Limerick in partnership...
Shingles Vaccine adult immunisation schedule: Public Consultation
Shingles Vaccine adult immunisation schedule: Public Consultation
Irish company to transform the lives of people with Chronic Pain
Irish company to transform the lives of people with Chronic Pain through Virtual Reality Press Release - Dublin 4th March 2024 vStream, an Irish immersive technology company, has launched a campaign to sign up 10,000 patients to its Virtual Reality platform, ShineVR....
Mindfulness and Chronic Pain: How It Helps
Mindfulness can help us to manage the mental/emotional side of long-term illness by changing our relationship to our symptoms, reducing the amount of worry, anxiety or stress that goes with them. This can then actually lower the amount of primary pain we perceive.
We may not have control over what is happening to our bodies but by developing a sense of kindness and compassion towards ourselves, along with the ability to clearly see our experience, we can change our experience of pain learn to live well with it.
SIP Ireland: New Leadership
SIP Ireland: A national SIP platform is an umbrella organisation grouping national or regional organizations and associations interested and active in pain care. These organisations come together and form a multidisciplinary coalition that should be representative of...
Chronic Pain Ireland awarded Triple Lock status
Chronic Pain Ireland awarded Triple Lock Status We are delighted to announce that for the second consecutive year, Chronic Pain Ireland has been awarded Triple Lock status by Charities Institute Ireland (CII). At the end of January 2024 we are one of 46 charities in...
CALL FOR NATIONAL HEALTH LITERACY INITIATIVE
CALL FOR NATIONAL HEALTH LITERACY INITIATIVE - Launch Date: 18/01/2024 Issued by the Chair and Vice-Chair of Patients for Patient Safety Ireland in partnership with multiple patient groups. Patients for Patient Safety Ireland (a World Health Organisation programme) is...
Board Members vacancies – seeking applications
Board Members vacancies - seeking applications The board of Chronic Pain Ireland is currently seeking two new board members with relevant experience to fill the following roles: Treasurer Company Secretary Candidates should also have a very good understanding of and...
Chronic pain management: turn the pain volume down this winter.
The onset of winter can increase the challenges for people living with chronic pain, which is pain, regardless of the condition, that persists for more than three months.
Charity Trustees’ Week – Celebrating our Board of trustees
This Charity Trustees’ Week we want to say a great big THANK YOU to all of our fantastic trustees. As volunteers, they dedicate their time, expertise, knowledge and insight to make a significant contribution to Chronic Pain Ireland behind the scenes.
NERVEmber 2023
During November, Chronic Pain Ireland aims to raise awareness of neuropathic pain which is in support of the International Pain Foundation campaign NERVEmber™ The campaign uses NERVEmber™ to create awareness for over 150 conditions that have nerve pain as a symptom.