Some important messages
Watch the video by Dr Tim Williams about his experiences of consultations with patients living with pain as a non-specialist health care professional. Below is a short message from Professor …
Thoughts on difficult conversations
Conversations about opioids can be difficult for patients and healthcare professionals alike. Pain medicines can be the primary strategy patients use to live with persistent pain and making changes to …
Support
We hope the organisation and delivery of the pain reviews are well supported by your practice. This might mean that GPs at your practice are available to talk through difficulties …
Wellbeing and your own self-care
We hope this training prepares you well for undertaking the pain reviews with patients with persistent pain taking different strengths of opioids. We acknowledge that things however do not always …
