Chronic Pain Management Service
Our Consultants consider chronic pain is that has lasted for at least three months, often our patients have experienced it for much longer. Along with aiming to reduce a patients pain we consider the patient as a whole and aim through a holistic approach to address all the issues our patient may experience in their daily lives. The ethos of the service is to assist in reducing our patients' pain to a level that allows them to maintain their activities of living, rather than the diagnosis for the pain.
Our Services
This is not a drop-in service, patients are referred by their GP or another Consultant who is managing their condition. Patients are seen through New Patient Clinics, Follow-up Clinics and Telephone Follow-up Clinics.
Along with the use of interventions as a team we feel a key aspect of our care comes from good communication and compassion as their condition may be lifelong, with this prognosis the nursing team have put together a Pain Education Programme. This supports our patient to live and manage their condition with a different approach. Other treatments offered include:
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Various types of pain relieving injection, if suitable and meets the Integrated Care Board criteria
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Medications Management
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Holistic Therapies, for certain conditions, including Acupuncture, TENS and external Neuromodulation
- Referral to a Chronic Back Programme
Our Clinics
Dr Roberts - New and Follow-up Clinics
Monday 8.30am to 5.30pm
Dr Poddar - New and Follow-up Clinics
Tuesday 8.30am to 4.30pm
Thursday 8.30am to 4.30pm telephone clinic only
Nurse led Telephone Clinics are held by appointment:
Tuesday am
Pain Education Clinics are held by appointment:
Thursday pm
Other days may be added as required.
Nurse led treatments are held by appointment:
Tuesday am and pm
Thursday am
Other days may be added as required.
Intervention treatment lists are held by appointment on:
Monday am
Friday am and pm
If you have any concerns relating to having your injection please telephone 01536 493780 and leave a message, one of the Waiting List team will then contact you to discuss.