Pain management central

The service is located at Sussex MSK Partnership Central, 177 Preston Park, Brighton, BN1 6AG.        

We are open ​Monday to Friday (9am-5pm).

Tel: 0300 303 8063

Email: Here.brighton.smskp@nhs.net

Service inclusion criteria 

• Patient is motivated to engage in a self-management approach to pain
• Patient demonstrates an understanding of self-management approach/ understanding of cognitive model/ psychologically minded.

Service exclusion criteria

• English not first language/ sensory problems precluding group
• Active Psychosis 
• Severe cognitive impairment
• Patient still seeking or involved in active treatment, or those seeking a ‘diagnosis’ (often with the aim of a ‘cure’)
• Psychological/psychiatric problem that is a primary concern or which precludes group CBT approaches, for example:-  

- Anxiety related behaviour  interferes with functioning More than pain

- Motivational deficits related more to depression than pain

• Clear suicidal intent and planning
• Primary alcohol or drug problems
• Severe disability such that individual cannot manage demands of programme

Situations to be discussed with team

• Where the patient has an ongoing social situation which is unlikely to support changes encouraged by pain management programme
• Where the patient is engaged in ongoing litigation
• Where there are unaddressed and/or an intense sense of grievance about cause of pain and/or medical investigations/treatment.

We accept referrals from GPs and from other pathways within the MSK partnership. 

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