St Andrews is situated 15 miles South of Dundee. The closest airportsare Dundee (20 miles) or Edinburgh (50 miles). The closest railwaystation is Leuchars on the east coast main line, 4 miles from St Andrewsand which has an excellent taxi service.Accommodation is in New Hall a 3-star VisitScotland graded hotel duringthe summer months. The accommodation is situated a pleasant 15minute walk from the meeting venue in United College on North Street.Here the 15

century St Salvatore’s Chapel forms the entrance to agrassy quadrangle which is bordered by the 155 seated “School 3”lecture theatre with breakouts to be in the elegant Lower College Hall.Lower College Hall will also be the venue for the sit down evening mealwith the upstairs Upper College Hall as the venue for the Ceilidh, bothon the 11

THIRD ST ANDREWSPAIN SYMPOSIUM

June 11 – 12, 2009College Hall, North StreetSt Andrews

This one and a half day meeting is wide ranging in the field of pain, with excellent speakers in a convivial venue. The meeting marks the retiral of Dr Bill Macrae, ConsultantAnaesthetist and Pain Physician, the leading light of the TaysidePain Service over the last decades and founder member of theNorth British Pain Association. The 1

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St Andrews Pain Symposia were organised by Billin 1986 and 1989.

Samuel Johnson (1709-84) an English man of letters who wrote:

"St Andrews seems to be a place eminently adapted to study and education,being situated in a populous yet cheap country, and exposing the mindsand manners of young men neither to the levity and dissoluteness of acapitalcity, nor to the gross luxury of a town of commerce, places naturally unpropitious to learning; in one the desire of knowledge easily givesway to the love of pleasure, and in the other, is in danger of yielding to thelove of money."

Meeting organisers Dr Phil Lacoux and Helen Thornton