In addition to the pain and difficulties they cause to patients, headaches have a significant economic impact on the UK. They account for 4% of all primary care consultations and 35% of all neurology outpatient consultations (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2010), and are estimated to cost the around £2bn each year. Migraine affects 18.3% of females and 7.6% of males in England, totalling an estimated 8 million people (Steiner et al, 2003). As the largest profession in the health sector, nurses can play a vital role in reducing the impact of headaches as innovative methods of care provision are developed to reduce these costs.