About us
The Manchester Pain Service is an integrated multidisciplinary pain service providing support to patients experiencing a spectrum of acute and chronic pain.
Pain can be a short-term condition that gets better with healing – we call this acute pain; it is normally a result of injury or illness. Our purpose is try to help optimise your pain management during your hospital stay following surgical procedures or trauma when possible. We also provide support and education to the clinical staff involved in providing care in the hospital.
Pain that persists for longer than three months is what we consider to be Chronic pain. Chronic Pain does not always correlate with tissue damage and can persist after healing has completed. Chronic pain can have an impact on a person’s Mental, Social and physical health. The overall aim of pain management is to reduce suffering and increase function where possible. We’re not always able to ‘cure’ this type of pain but Specialist Services such as The Manchester Pain Service are able to provide support for these types of conditions through options such as Medications Management, Pain Self-Management and Pain Interventions in the Pain Clinic based at The Baguley Suite in Wythenshawe Hospital and Trafford General Hospital.
The Multi-Disciplinary Team
Pain Consultants
Pain Consultants
Our Pain Consultants have a wealth of experience across the spectrum of Acute and Chronic pain. They create individualised pain management plans; That may include procedural interventions, Medications management or referring on to other services.
Pain Specialist Physiotherapists
Pain Specialist Physiotherapists
Our Pain Specialist Physiotherapists provide outpatient pain management physiotherapy input. They help to enable patients living with persistent pain to improve their quality of life through education, movement, pacing and goal setting. They offer individual and group sessions.
Pain Specialist Psychologists
Pain Specialist Psychologists
Our Pain Specialist Psychologists understand that chronic pain can be a very distressing experience that can have a significant impact on people’s wellbeing and quality of life. A Psychologist will assess the impact that chronic pain has had on an individual’s mood, work, social activities and family life.
The approaches that are primarily used in the pain service are Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). The aim of their work is not to reduce the pain itself but to reduce the problems that are caused by the pain and help people learn new ways of coping to gradually regain control of their life despite the pain, both now and in the future.
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Our ACP has a wealth of experience managing Musculo-skeletal and chronic pain conditions. They support pain consultants and the multi-disciplinary team by providing advanced assessment and developing individualised pain management plans, which may include procedural interventions, medications management or referring on to other services.
Clinical Nurse Specialists
Clinical Nurse Specialists
Our Clinical Nurse Specialist team work across different MFT Inpatient and Outpatient services. They aid the delivery of pain management plans by reviewing and treating patients; as well as providing education to other health care professionals in the wider health care system.
Theatre Nursing Team
Theatre Nursing Team
Our Theatre Nursing team is integral to be able to perform procedural interventions. You may speak to one of the nursing team during pre-op clinic. They are on hand to answer any of the queries you may have relating to the procedure you have been listed for.
Pain Secretaries
Pain Secretaries
Our Admin team make it possible for you to have your appointments and procedures. They provide support to all the clinical staff delivering your care.
Additional Information
Community Pain Service
Community Pain Service
Our community-based pain (PRIMO) services are part of MFT’s Integrated Musculoskeletal (MSK), Pain and Rheumatology Service and the Trafford LCO integrated MSK service. They provide multi-disciplinary care for south Manchester and Trafford patients experiencing persistent pain with mild to moderate distress. This involves Biopsychosocial assessment, individual treatment, Pain Management Programmes and medication advice. The team includes Clinical and Health Psychologists, Specialist Physiotherapists, An Advanced Clinical Practitioner and a Specialist Pain Nurse.
Pelvic Pain Service at Manchester Foundation Trust
Pelvic Pain Service at Manchester Foundation Trust
We have established pelvic pain service at Wythenshawe and St Mary’s site. This service is led by Pelvic Pain Consultant and Anaesthetist Dr Vyawahare. The service is expanding and recently been approved as a national Urogynaecology Mesh service centre. In year 2020 we were certified as BSGE Endometriosis Centre for Northwest pelvic pain and Endometriosis. At Wythenshawe we run weekly clinics and a monthly clinic at St Mary’s. We receive referrals from Urogynaecology (mesh and non-mesh pelvic pain patients), Dermatology, Gynaecology, Urology and Colorectal teams. Our work load consists of vulvodynia, pudendal neuropathy, endometriosis, bladder pain syndrome, rectal pain, penile and testicular pain. We run multidisciplinary clinic at both sites.
First Appointment
First Appointment
If you are a patient wanting to change or cancel a first appointment with the service please contact the patient booking team between the hours of 8am – 4pm, Mon to Friday on 0161 291 5120 (Wythenshawe) or 0161 934 8601 (Trafford General Hospital)
Cancellations
Cancellations
We understand that in exceptional circumstances patients may need to cancel their appointment on the day. Please try to inform us at the earliest opportunity if you need to cancel your appointment as we may be able to offer the appointment to another patient who is waiting to be treated. To cancel an appointment please contact us between the hours of 8am and 4pm, Monday to Friday on 0161 291 4128 (Wythenshawe) or 0161 934 8601 (Trafford General Hospital)
Waiting Times
Waiting Times
As a team we understand that it is distressing for patients who have pain to have to wait to see a consultant and we are doing our very best to keep the waiting lists as short as possible. People often ring in the hope that an appointment or procedure can be brought forward. In the interests of equity this is not possible unless there is a cancellation. Consideration for cancellation slots for procedures will be discussed with your practitioner at the time of listing.
Enquiries regarding medication and treatments need to be responded to within appointment times. Unfortunately, we are not generally able to respond to queries outside these times. If you feel have a very urgent need or concern, please seek medical advice from your GP in the first instance.