MND Webinar: Pain Management for motor neurone disease

Event Notes:

Time: 11.00 – 12.30

Aim: To increase understanding of how pain may be experienced in MND and potential methods to treat it.

Objectives:
• To examine current practice for pain management in MND
• To evolve our understanding of pain in MND and how to alleviate it
• To explore current thinking and research about pain management and possible future developments

By the end of the session participants will have:
• A more confident understanding of where and why pain occurs in MND
• Been introduced to options for effective pain management
• An appreciation of emerging research and developments pain management for MND.

Speaker:
Dr Rhys Roberts, Consultant Neurologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital – Cambridge