Welcome to the Pain RADAR website: Improving Acute Pain Education

In 2009, a multidisciplinary UK expert panel met to define and agree a practical framework to encourage implementation of the numerous guidelines and fundamentals of pain management at a local level.

This was when the RADAR (Responsibility, Assessment, Discussion, Anticipation and Response) Approach was born and a Consensus Statement was written. We strongly feel that pain should be on everyone's radar - it is not only the responsibility of the acute pain specialists.

We hope that this website will provide information for you to learn about optimising pain management. There is also a section of free downloadable training materials for you to help your team improve acute pain management in your hospital.

If you are interested in hosting a RADAR meeting then please create a meeting account and you will be able to access meeting materials. Your meetings can be as big or small as you want to make them.

Dr Andrew Vickers, Chair of the Consensus Statement