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    Bookings Open for Summer Conference 2026
    Posted: March 6, 2026

    OUCH (UK) SUMMER CONFERENCE 
    14th JUNE 2026
    THE EXCHANGE, BIRMINGHAM

    OUCH UK is delighted to be heading to the heart of the West Midlands for our 2026 Summer Conference. Whether you are a sufferer, a supporter or a medical professional, this is a vital opportunity to connect, learn and share experiences in a supportive environment. Bookings are now open 

    Why Attend?
    Cluster Headache is often called "suicide headache" due to their intensity. Our conferences are designed to ensure no one has to face this condition alone.

    Expert Speakers: Hear from leading...

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    Save the Date! Summer Conference 2026
    Posted: February 27, 2026

    Birmingham Conference - Sunday 14th June 2026

    We are delighted to announce that this year's conference will be held in Birmingham at The Exchange on Sunday, 14th June, 2026.   

    Full details and online booking will be released shortly. 

    Members will receive a 50% discount on the £12 ticket fee. Join or renew your membership.

     

    MyClusters: New App for CH Sufferers
    Posted: June 20, 2025

     

    Log your CH attacks and contribute to research

    MyClusters is a dedicated cluster headache tracking and analysis app that makes it easy to log your cluster attacks and get personalised insights into your triggers and attack patterns, monitor your medications, and more.  With MyClusters you can also rate your overall days based on general discomfort and challenges. 

    MyClusters was built by a cluster headache sufferer after a 10 month bout of multiple daily attacks.  Logging an attack takes less than 20 seconds. 

    MyClusters is building partnerships with leading cluster headache researchers across the globe.  You can choose to share your data so that your attacks can contribute to more studies...

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    View the Slide Presentations from our Newcastle Event
    Posted: June 16, 2025

     

    A huge THANK YOU to everyone who attended our conference on Sunday 8th June at the RVI in Newcastle and helped make it such a success. We'd also like to thank our sponsors, electroCore, for their generous support. Last but not least, to all our speakers on the day - thank you for your continued and valued support, expertise and advice. We really couldn't do it without you.

    As promised we have added all the conference presentation slides to our website, Simply select the Meeting Presentations section on the Downloads page and they are all there as follows in PDF format:

    Session 1. An overview of the diagnosis and treatment of...

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    Don't Miss Out - Book Now!
    Posted: April 4, 2025

    OUCH (UK) CLUSTER HEADACHE CONFERENCE RVI, NEWCASTLE. SUNDAY, 8TH JUNE 2025. 

    Don't miss the first OUCH (UK) Cluster Headache conference in the North East since 2018!

    Professor Peter Goadsby, Consultant Neurologist, King's College Hospital, London, Patron and Chair of OUCH (UK) will be the keynote speaker. Professor Goadsby is a world authority on Cluster Headache, and one of the winners of the Lundbeck Brain Prize. He will outline how severe this lifelong and incurable condition is and look at diagnosis and treatments.

    The pain of cluster headache is excruciating and can drive sufferers to despair. Sadly, it has driven some to end their lives, hence the...

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    Summer Conference 2025
    Posted: February 3, 2025

    OUCH (UK) SUMMER CONFERENCE 
    8th JUNE 2025
    NEWCASTLE ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY

    We are delighted to announce that bookings are now open for our Summer Conference - it will take place on Sunday 8th June 2025 at the The Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. 

    As usual, the event will be a mixture of talks by the UK's leading Cluster Headache specialists, information sessions and an opportunity to meet and talk with other Cluster Headache sufferers to share experiences and meet and make new friends.

    Our medical speakers will take you on a journey through Cluster Headache and other primary headache...

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    Save the Date! Summer Conference 2025
    Posted: December 13, 2024

    Our next conference will take place in Newcastle at the Royal Victoria Infirmary on Sunday, 8th June, 2025. Full details and online booking to follow.

    Summer Conference 2024
    Posted: March 26, 2024

     

    OUCH (UK) SUMMER CONFERENCE 
    9TH JUNE 2024
    LIVERPOOL MEDICAL INSTITUTION 

    We are delighted to announce that bookings are now open for our Summer Conference - it will take place on Sunday 9th June 2024 at the Liverpool Medical Institution. 

    As usual, the event will be a mixture of talks by the UK's leading Cluster Headache specialists, information sessions and an opportunity to meet and talk with other Cluster Headache sufferers to share experiences and meet and make new friends.

    Our medical speakers will take you on a journey through Cluster Headache and other primary headache disorders,...

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    Cluster Headache Awareness Day 2024
    Posted: March 8, 2024

     

    21st March 2024

    TAKE ACTION!

    Do you feel imprisoned by cluster headache? Are you isolated in your CH cell? 

    When the torture stops for a while and you are released into a pain free world, why not TAKE ACTION and help spread the word about the torment and anguish this condition brings?

    Arrange an event, display our posters/post them on social media. Take posters to your local GPs, A&Es, DENTISTS and PHARMACIES.

    OUCH (UK) car window stickers, awareness badges and printed posters are now available at low prices to mark this year's Cluster Headache Awareness Day:

    ...

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    Save the Date - Summer Conference 2024 - 9th June in Liverpool
    Posted: March 8, 2024

     

    Our conference this year will take place on 9th June 2024 in Liverpool. Full details and online booking to follow.

    Exploring Psychological Factors Involved in Cluster Headache Pain
    Posted: November 29, 2023

     

    Please note that recruitment for this study is now complete.

    The University of East Anglia is carrying out a study exploring psychological factors involved in cluster headache pain. The study will involve an interview and you will receive a £10 Love2Shop Voucher for taking part!

    Full details in the PDF attachment below. If you are interested please contact h.whitley@uea.ac.uk to find out more.

    Winner of Les Charlton Award
    Posted: July 26, 2023

     

    Dr Anish Bahra, Winner of the Les Charlton Award 2023

    We are delighted to announce that Dr Anish Bahra, Consultant Neurologist, was presented with the Les Charlton Award at our Summer Conference earlier this month. This award is given to honour the memory of our late, great chairman and we're sure Les would agree with our choice of recipient. Dr Bahra was also awarded an OUCH (UK) Honorary Lifetime Member certificate.
     
    The awards are in acknowledgement of Dr Bahra's dedication to cluster headache/TAC sufferers and to show our appreciation of her continued support of this charity. 

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