Pain Medicine
Medway Pain Service:
Medway Pain Service offers a broad range of interventions and therapies for the treatment of pain:
- Chronic pain management, providing outpatient consultations and day surgery procedures
- Acute pain service providing support to inpatient services particularly after surgery
- Pain management outpatient programmes to help reduce the distress and disability of chronic pain by providing people with ways of coping with the problems caused by chronic pain
The Chronic Pain Team
Dr Sami Alawad, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine
Dr Chee Fone-Chu, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine
Dr Sandesha Kothari, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine
Mrs Janet Norton, Clinical Nurse Specialist
Dr Raja Reddy, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine
Mrs Karen Sterba, Pathway Co-ordinator
Mrs Sharon Attis, Pathway Co-ordinator
The Acute Pain Team
Dr Chee Fone-Chu, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine
Dr Kryspin Stepien, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Management
Acute Pain Nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Sandy O’Mant
The Medway Pain Management Programme Team
Dr Sandesha Kothari, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine
Dr Mario Vergaro-Williamson, Consultant Psychologist
Mrs Elisabeth Willmet, Specialist Clinician Physiotherapist
Mrs Sharon Attis, Support Secretary.
Mrs Sharon Kaur, Service Manager for Perioperative & Critical Care
Patient Leaflets
Pain Management Programme - Patient Information Leaflet
Referrals:
Medway Pain Services will accept adults (18 years and over) with chronic pain (over three months) that is refractory to standard analgesia.
Access to this service can be via GP, consultant or Clinical Assessment Service referral.
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