Pain is one of the most common things people who draw on care live with, yet it is often missed, played down or not well managed. That’s especially true for people living with dementia or a learning disability. Their pain can show up as pacing, refusing care, calling out or not eating, and is too often mistaken for agitation or “behaviour”.
Coproduce Care is running a free online session on Wednesday 18 November, 12:30pm to 2pm, to help you and your team identify and support the people you care for who are living with pain. The speakers are:
- Dr Cathy Stannard, Clinical Lead for Pain Transformation, NHS Gloucestershire ICB
- Tim Atkinson, Chair, Expert Patient and Carer Committee, British Pain Society
- Professor Pat Schofield, Professor of Clinical Nursing, University of Plymouth
- Sophy Gretton, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, with Nipuna Gunawardena
- Denis Repard, former Chief Executive, Sweet Tree
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2003970958081
Hear what pain is and why it gets missed, what it’s like to live with, how to recognise it in people living with dementia and at the end of life, and how to make the signs visible in everyday records. You can put your own questions to the speakers.
Attached is Coproduce Care’s free Pain in Care briefing, which you are welcome to share with your teams.
https://lcasforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Pain_in_Care_Briefing_Coproduce_Care_v2.9.pdf