Persistent Pain

General 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. 

Referrals

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