135: Pain Management during the Covid-19 Pandemic Lessons Learnt

Published: Feb. 22, 2023, 9:30 a.m.

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\\nThis edition of Airing Pain examines how Covid-19 has impacted on the relationship between patient and healthcare professional.
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\\nIn the two or so years of living with Covid-19, the face-to-face relationship between doctors and patients was one of the first casualties. With restrictions relaxed, have we returned to the status quo, or has what was developed at breakneck speed led to new working practices?\\xa0
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\\nIn 2019, just months before Covid-19 became part of our lives, a workshop, \\u2018Experts by Experience \\u2013 Working Together in Pain Management Programmes\\u2019 explored an innovative approach to pain management in which patients became integral members within the clinical pain team. Has this relationship survived social isolation and lockdowns?\\xa0
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\\nContributors include Consultant in Pain Medicine with the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Cathy Price and Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr Nick Ambler of the North Bristol NHS Trust, and people living with chronic pain.
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\\nIssues covered in this programme include:\\xa0
\\nCOVID, self-management of long-term conditions, peer support, communicating pain, community healthcare, patient volunteer, support group, training course, volunteering and workshops.\\xa0
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\\nTime Stamps:\\xa0
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\\n1:15 \\u2013 Dr Cathy Price on delivery rapidly changing from face-to-face to online, having to prioritise vital healthcare, and what didn\\u2019t work remotely.
\\n6:00 \\u2013 Dr Cathy Price on the barriers the technology can create.
\\n7:05 \\u2013 Paul Evans recaps Airing Pain 119 Experts By Experience: Working Together In Pain Management Programmes
\\n10:10 \\u2013 Dr Nick Ambler talks on the Experts by Experience: Working Together In Pain Management Programmes Workshop.
\\n14:12 \\u2013 Nick on the service user involvement in delivering Pain Management Programmes and what it means for health professionals.
\\n17:00 \\u2013 Paul ask Nick how a GP could approach a repeat consultation about pain to create a productive outcome.
\\n19:55 \\u2013 How the Covid pandemic impacted the work of pain clinics.
\\n22:25 \\u2013 Paul questions whether post-pandemic approaches to healthcare will revert.
\\n27:00 \\u2013 Cathy Price on the positive outcomes of working during a pandemic.
\\n28:00 \\u2013 Nick Ambler on the impact of patients being part of the team.
\\n30:00 \\u2013 Primrose Granville on her pain management programme experience.
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\\nContributors:\\xa0
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  • Dr Cathy Price, Consultant in Pain Medicine with the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust\\xa0
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  • Dr Nick Ambler of the North Bristol NHS Trust\\xa0
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  • Patient-volunteer Primrose Granville, and other people living with chronic pain. \\xa0
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\\nThis edition of Airing Pain was supported by the British Pain Society and funded by grants from the James Weir Foundation, the Hospital Saturday Fund and the Erskine Cunningham Hill Trust. \\xa0
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