Persistent Pain Service

Overview

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Persistent pain is a complex and long-term condition that impacts upon physical, psychological and social aspects of the sufferer. Unfortunately, there is no cure for persistent pain. Due to its complex nature, persistent pain is best managed using a multidisciplinary approach, this is where we combine multiple specialities and/or technologies to establish an effective therapy and treatment.

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Who will I see?

The Persistent Pain Service is a professional and friendly team of specialist health professionals who will try and help you manage your pain more effectively. We have three specialist teams available to help you, our pain consultant, psychologists and physiotherapists.

Pain consultant

They will help to manage the medication and increase physical function of patients.

Psychologists

These specialists will help to manage the changes in mood which can be a result of the persistent pain condition.

Physiotherapists

Our physiotherapists work to improve the physical function of our patients to ensure they can have the best quality of life, despite their condition.

Our team provides pain assessments. These are focused on how pain affects day to day life, rather than the underlying disease or condition. This ensures our patients get the best and most helpful treatment possible.

The service uses a self-management approach to help patients deal with a range of issues including; helping them to manage pain, improve activity levels, improve mood, and improve overall quality of life. We also run pain management groups for English and Bengali speaking patients.

Why choose us?

The Persistent Pain Service offers specialist care for patients suffering from chronic pain.

We can offer an initial assessment, follow-up appointments with psychologists and physiotherapists. We also offer an eight week pain management programme (group) for English speaking patients and a six week programme for Bengali speaking patients.

The service focusses on self-management and improvement of quality of life by helping manage mood, reduce distress and increase function.
All of our interventions are based on evidence-based practice and national guidelines.