Persistent Pain – GP information – Institute for Urban Indigenous Health

Persistent Pain - GP information

The Persistent Pain Service provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients aged 16 years and over, and their immediate families access to a culturally safe multidisciplinary service.

Based in Caboolture, the service is a partnership between Moreton ATSICHS and the Tess Cramond Pain and Research Centre to support clients with:

understanding pain and how to best manage it
accessing services to ease pain
access to specialist treatment.

Our care team includes:

pain medicine consultants
nurse care coordinators
psychologists
occupational therapists
physiotherapists
social workers
pharmacists.

Location

Moreton ATSICHS Specialist Hub

5 James Street, Caboolture

Who to refer

This service is to support Mob who are:

experiencing chronic pain and require a multidisciplinary approach
experiencing functional difficulties
have completed specialist reviews to exclude other treatment options
clients with stable or well supported mental health conditions
able to participate in a self-management plan
stabilised following support of a specialised substance use service.

How to refer

External:

Complete the Metro North referrals template annotating Persistent Pain Service – IUIH Caboolture and send via SmartReferrals.

IUIH network:

MMEx:

Gain client consent for referral to the IUIH Visiting/QH Specialist Clinic Site
From Patient MMEx record
Create letter using Adult Public Metro North Central Referral Intake template
Select Referred To-Named Person= Metro North Central Referral Hub (HealthLink)
Name of Specialist/ Department= Persistent Pain Service- IUIH Caboolture
Select Hospital: Royal Brisbane

Information for clients

www.moretonatsichs.org.au/persistentpain

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Persistent Pain - GP information

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