This service is part of the Camden MSK referral pathway.

The Camden Pain Service comprises specialists in pain management. The service can help those patients who are struggling to manage day-to-day tasks or who are finding it difficult to work as a result of their chronic pain.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

• any MSK condition (spinal, upper limb or lower limb), inclusive of acute and chronic pain of MSK origin
• patients with MSK pain that have not been adequately controlled by standard approaches in primary care
• Direct referral to secondary-care Pain Management
  • joint hypermobility syndrome
  • complex presentations requiring more intensive management (including significant and complex psychological presentations, such as patients who have been subjected to torture)
  • CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome)
  • chronic pelvic pain
  • certain neuralgias e.g. post-herpetic neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia

Exclusions

• patients with pain of non-MSK origin (e.g. visceral/abdominal pain, pain related to cancer, non-MSK lumps and bumps)
• children/patients under 18 years old (refer to Paediatrics/A&E as appropriate)

How to Refer