An outpatient pain service, based at Sutton Hospital, is available for patients suffering long-term persistent or chronic pain. Strategies include:
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Analgesic drug management
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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
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Acupuncture
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Neural blockade (nerve blocks)
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Specialist psychological support.
We run consultant clinics and the Centre of Pain Education (COPE), a specialist multidisciplinary unit providing non-pharmacological programmes to help patients cope better with their pain.
There are also four to five outpatient clinics a week at St Helier Hospital and one clinic on alternate weeks at Epsom Hospital.
We see new and follow-up patients, start drug treatments, list patients for pain relief injections or refer to the pain management programme as appropriate.
