Coronavirus (COVID-19): Information about our service
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Contact us
0300 123 1753
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Who we are
We are a multi-disciplinary team of expert chronic pain clinicians helping patients manage their long-term pain in outpatient clinics across east Kent, Swale and west Kent. We accept referrals from outside this area for patients who are prepared to travel.
What we do
Based on information provided in your referral letter, senior clinicians will triage you to the branch of the pain services where your needs might be best met.
This might be an assessment in secondary care regarding suitability for a possible pain-reducing procedure or the holistic approach of the community chronic pain service.
This may include making the best use of your medication, non-medication and psychological therapies, and pain education. The two services work in collaboration with each other and patients may move transfer from one to the other where needed.
How do you use this service?
You should be referred by GP, consultant or other health care professional, please see referral guidelines attached. Triage will be based upon the information provided. If you have any concerns regarding the branch of the services that you were triaged to, please in the first place contact the referrer as we base our decisions strictly on the information provided to us.
Patients who have previously been seen by the community service can get in touch with the team directly if within one year of discharge.
Newly accepted patients
Please see our Pain Education Session section and insert the password you received in the post when asked to do so.
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Thanet
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Ashford
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Whitstable
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