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. Patients are seen through New Patient Clinics, Follow-up Clinics and Telephone Follow-up Clinics.
Following the outbreak of Covid 19 all New and Follow up appointments will be conducted by phone, unless advised otherwise. If you are required to attend in person you will be required to wear a face mask.
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.Treatments offered include:
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Various types of pain relieving injection
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Medications Management
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Holistic Therapies, for certain conditions, including Acupuncture, TENS and external Neuromodulation
Our Clinics
Dr Roberts - New and Followup Clinics
Monday 08:30-17:30
Dr Poddar - New and Follow-up Clinics
Tuesday and Thursday 08:30-16:30
Nurse led Telephone Clinics are held by appointment on:
Monday pm
Tuesday am
Wednesday am
Pain Education Clinics are held by appointment on:
Wednesday am
Nurse led treatments are held by appointment on:
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Intervention treatment lists are held by appointment on:
Monday am
Friday am and pm
Prior to attending for your injection you will be asked to attend the hospital for a Covid swab. You will be contacted by a member of the pain clinic with a date to attend for the swab. It is important that you attend on the date given, to ensure the results are back in time for your appointment. Failing to do this will result in your procedure being cancelled. After the test if you hear nothing please attend on your planned date. You will only be telephoned again if you test positive.
You will also be sent a Covid Consent Form in the post, please take the time to read this and bring it with you on the day of the appointment.
If you have any concerns relating to having your injection please telephone 01536 491588 and leave a message, one of the team will then contact you to discuss.