The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) and The Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) are concerned with misinformation included in recent news reports regarding the drug fentanyl ...
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Breakdown of costs of supporting trainees and in the provision of the examinations that form part of the Pain training programme
Launch of Core Standards for Pain Medicine Services (CSPMS) Gap Analysis Questionnaire ...
Faculty Responds to Research Describing Links Between NSAIDs and Increased Risk of a Heart Attack ...
Dr Barry Miller, Dean of the Faculty of Pain Medicine discussed prescriptions of opioid painkillers in an article in The Guardian today ...
BMA and FPM guidance produced on analgesic prescribing and end of life pain management ...
Faculty expresses concerns about the misuse of pain scoring systems for hip and knee surgery commissioning ...
Read the Faculty's Statement on NHS England’s Five Year Forward View Delivery Plan ...
The recent meta-analysis widely reported today suggests that Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), as with Paracetamol reviewed before, have a limited benefit that may not be clinically significant for spinal pain ...