Chronic pain Flashcards
Management to chronic pain
Patients must be referred within British Pain Society (BPS) pathways and guidelines • Patients will normally be seen in a multi-disciplinary out-patient appointment by an appropriately skilled team • The multidisciplinary team (MDT) members will include: • Pain Specialists – defined by achievement of a fellowship from the Faculty of Pain Medicine or equivalent • Specialist Paediatric Anaesthetists • Consultant Paediatrician • Clinical Psychologists and *paediatric psychiatry liaison support (where indicated) • Nurses • Occupational Therapists • Physiotherapists • Access to an associated team, e.g. Applied Psychologists such as Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychologists and Psychotherapists • Social workers will also be required • This team will require appropriate acfcommodation and administratifve support. Regular multidisciplinary team meetings will occur. • Additional specialty input will be required as determined by the pain specialist, for example this will include all specialists likely to refer to the service (see section 2.5) and in addition, radiology, pharmacy, child psychiatry
