Carolyn Neeson has been a Chartered Physiotherapist for over 20 years, working across various specialties within the NHS. She has specialised in working with people living with complex and long term conditions, including persistent pain, for over 10 years and runs her own private clinic on the outskirts of Glasgow. Carolyn also teaches at the University of Edinburgh's Medical School as well as working as an Expert Witness in clinical negligence and catastrophic/complex injury cases.

Dr Barbara Phipps qualified from Nottingham University Medical School in 1997. She has over 29 years of experience working as a doctor in the UK NHS. After spending most of her career as a General Practitioner, she now works exclusively with people who experience long-term pain. In 2019, Barbara developed a collaborative NHS and third-sector group programme for people living with chronic pain in Edinburgh. She continues to lead this programme alongside colleagues from Health All Round, a community health charity. She also works clinically within the NHS Borders Chronic Pain Service. Alongside her clinical work, Barbara teaches within undergraduate and postgraduate medicine at The University of Edinburgh. She is a Fellow of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.