The Pain Relief Foundation
The Pain Relief Foundation was established as a registered
charity in 1979, in response to the need for specialised
research into the causes and treatment of chronic pain
in humans.
Incorporated into the charity's trust deeds are its aims
and objectives, which are:-
- to carry
out research leading to the alleviation of chronic
pain.
- to find
improved methods of treating chronic pain.
- to disseminate
the results of such research throughout the world.
- to work
in co-operation with the NHS and Universities
to provide post-graduate scientific education
in chronic pain relief.
The Foundation is closely associated with the Pain Clinic
at the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery NHS
Trust. The purpose of the Foundation was the setting
up and running of a Pain
Research Institute. The late Dr. Sampson Lipton,
founder and director of the Walton Centre Pain Clinic
for nearly 30 years, and two of his colleagues - Mr.
John Miles, then a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Dr. David
Bowsher, then a Reader in the University of Liverpool,
set up the Pain
Research Institute with the twin functions of
teaching and research.
 A
grant from the Wolfson Foundation enabled the Institute
to start work in a temporary building in Walton Hospital
grounds in 1981. A custom built research institute was
opened in 1985 on land adjoining Walton Hospital. In
1999 the Walton Centre moved to a new hospital on the
old Fazakerley Hospital site, now the University Hospital
Aintree. Because of this, in 2000 both the Foundation
and the Institute moved into a new Clinical Sciences
Centre for Research and Education at University Hospital
Aintree, in order to be close to the Pain Clinic and
to be part of the growing association with the University.
The Institute receives no funding from the NHS, the University
or any other government body. It is entirely supported
by charitable donations, fund raising and specific research
grants.
The Pain Relief
Foundation
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