Chronic pain management service
This highly specialised service offers a variety of approaches to this very diverse and disabling condition. Chronic pain affects around 7.8million people nationally.
Effective, early and timely intervention can help prevent depression, disability and improve chances of a return to work. In 2002 the service underwent a radical redesign in its approach to managing chronic pain.
We have moved from a consultant-based approach to a multidisciplinary team, with consultant supervision. The team are involved in primary care based assessments and treatment, as well as in the secondary care for those with highly complex needs. The ongoing improvement in the service has attracted several national awards for innovation.
The most specialised part of the service is based at the Royal South Hants hospital where we manage about 450 patients a year. Less complex patients are managed by our community teams at Stoneham (SCPCT) and Hythe (HPCT). A variety of treatment options are also available as an outpatient.
We also offer day-case care where needed at SUHT or Lymington. We also work with the inpatient acute pain service and other specialist teams at SUHT to help manage chronic pain conditions affecting inpatients.
The chronic pain management service team includes:
Mr Neil Berry
Dr Jane Hazelgrove|
Dr Cathy Price|