Welcome to the pages for the new Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. The Faculty came into being on 2 April 2007.
Mission Statement
The Faculty of Pain Medicine is the professional body responsible for the training, assessment, practice and continuing professional development of specialist medical practitioners in the management of pain in the United Kingdom. It supports a multidisciplinary approach to pain management informed by evidence based practice and research.
Pain Medicine – definition
Pain medicine describes the work of specially qualified medical practitioners who undertake the comprehensive management of patients with acute, chronic and cancer pain using physical, pharmacological, interventional and psychological techniques in a multidisciplinary setting.
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MHRA
Safety Information »
The Institute of Cancer Research
Cancer: managing the pain
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Pain: Breaking through the barrier »
Article from the Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report 2008
Letter from four Chief Medical Officers
The British Pain Society »
The largest multidisciplinary professional organisation in the field of pain within the UK.
A clinician's guide to record standards - Part 1 »