The Aim of this Workshop is to inform about and improve assessment and management of chronic non-malignant pain with strong opioids in primary care.

(GMC: Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices 2013, Faculty of Pain Medicine: Opioids Aware)

https://www.rcoa.ac.uk/faculty-of-pain-medicine/opioids-aware

Explain the pharmacology of opioids and consideration for the use in non-malignant pain.

Demonstrate the assessment for opioid treatment and the management of patients treated with opioids in an opioid clinic.

Explore the biopsychosocial character of chronic non-malignant pain and its implication for opioid therapy in a multidisciplinary real life workshop via two case studies.

 

Course Convenor: 

Dr Bernhard Frank, consultant in pain medicine, The Walton Centre, Liverpool

 

Click here to see a detailed programme of events.

 

Who Should Attend:

Consultants in Pain Medicine, General Practitioners, Nurse Prescribers and Community Pharmacists

 

Fee:

£50 for Doctors and £25 for nurses, pharmacist and other allied healthcare professionals

Payments & Cancellation:

The transaction will be shown on your credit/debit card statement as “The Pain Relief Foundation”. Refund of registration fees will be made ONLY if notice of cancellation is made BEFORE 1st October 2019 for 23rd November 2019 less an administrative charge of 10%.

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23rd November 2019 nurses, pharmacist and other allied healthcare professionals

23rd November 2019 Doctors

 

If you would like to donate to the Pain Relief Foundation, please click here 

Parking:

There are 1100 parking spaces available in the multi-storey car-park adjacent to the Clinical Sciences Centre. Other car-parks are scattered in various other places around the hospital including a large open car-park at the rear entrance to the hospital. All parking areas cost £5.50 per day.