Pain Pathway and CFS/ME Service

Our multi-professional pain management team have brought together a list of online accessible links and further reading to support people living with persistent pain and CFS/ME, their families and carers.

These resources do not replace a medical diagnosis for symptoms of on-going pain or persistent fatigue and should not be used for this purpose. They are useful sources of information before your first appointment with a Pain Pathway clinician, and can be used to support on-going self-learning and long-term condition management.

Provided for people registered to GP practices within, Nottingham West, Nottingham North and East, Rushcliffe, Newark and Sherwood, and Mansfield and Ashfield Clinical Commissioning Groups.

An innovative community pathway where a multidisciplinary team of specialist clinicians help patients with spinal and other persistent pain conditions, as well as patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), to get the right diagnosis and treatment, manage their symptoms better and improve their quality of life.

The service provides holistic patient centred care within a biopsychosocial framework, with individual treatment or group work, depending on the needs of the patient. A highly skilled cognitive behavioural therapist (CBT) provides supervision for all staff working with local substance misuse services and IAPT providers to ensure the mental wellbeing of our patients is looked after. Regular medication reviews take place to optimise analgesia. There is access to a complex opioid clinic that provides a link to substance misuse services.

It is the first chronic pain service in the UK to employ a wellbeing practitioner to facilitate the self care part of the pathway. The wellbeing practitioner promotes self-management, forged partnerships with local voluntary groups, undertaken goal setting, exercise referral schemes and weight loss programmes.

The pain pathway is underpinned by an experienced administration team, which network with other healthcare colleagues, including the GP practices, pharmacists and physiotherapists. The team arrange the numerous clinics (see below) helping ensure cases are seen as soon as possible and closer to home.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME Service

The services can be accessed via your local GP. To know more about the pain service please contact 03000 830 000 option 1 or option 5 for more information about the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) service.