Overall the second survey showed that had been radical changes in pain practice across the United Kingdom following COVID. There has been an increased reliance on video and telephone consultations. There was evidence of significant re-opening but most services have not returned to normal in many different ways. This included lack of recommencing of injections, problems with delivery of pain management programmes and greatly reduced use of face to face consultations. There was a vast array of different experiences of individuals in a local context. The majority of people felt safe at work but this was not always the case and the supply of PPE did occasionally impact on working. Clearly there are limitations with a snapshot survey of this type. There was no way of establishing the degree to which respondents in one survey were the same as in the first survey inhibiting the test re-test analysis, though the data clearly provides impressions of what is happening nationally and the weight to give to some highly vocal responses.
