​​​​The National Acute Pain Symposium (NAPS) is the largest acute pain meeting in the UK and we will be marking 35 years in 2025, making it the longest running acute pain meeting in the world.

​Acute Pain is most commonly seen after surgery or trauma, but it is an experience that everyone has encountered. All doctors and nurses, not just those with specific pain training, will look after patients with pain. It is by learning from experts, keeping up to date with current research, working together and sharing good practice that we can improve the care of our patients. 

NAPS is a truly multidisciplinary meeting whose delegates include doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and psychologists, and we welcome clinicians and trainees from any speciality who have an interest in pain. It is a relaxed and friendly meeting intended to encourage and develop acute pain expertise.