A self-help group set up to improve services for patients suffering chronic pain, holds its annual meeting later this month.

Members of Action on Pain (Durham), which wants to set up groups in Darlington and Bishop Auckland, will be invited to formally adopt the name "Campain".

The annual meeting will be held at 7pm next Tuesday, at County Hall, Durham.

Sister Rachel Clare, of St Hilda's Priory, Whitby, North Yorkshire, a qualified doctor, will talk about how she coped with chronic pain for ten years.

For more information, ring 0191-386 4395 or 0191-386 3407 for North Durham or (01325) 244865 for South Durham.