Summary
Our patient and public involvement and engagement team lead, Antony Chuter, has lived with chronic pain for over 30 years. He recently spoke to the Alleviate research team about his experiences. Watch the second of six episodes from the series ‘Antony Chuter- Living with Pain and What is PPI?'
Anthony, who has a number of other health conditions, chose to become a patient partner. He works with the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) team because of the difference it can make to health outcomes.
In this episode Antony explains the importance of showing empathy and kindness to people living with chronic pain.
“What you actually want is someone to just be there and be kind to you.”
SHOWING KINDnESS TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH PAIN – Antony chuter
Alleviate is working with HDR UK to create an online, safe, platform as a key resource for the national pain research communities. Creating this hub will enable researchers to tackle the challenges in understanding the complexity and unpredictability of pain. It will also reveal new and improved treatments across diverse chronic and debilitating pain conditions.
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