The Faculty of Pain Medicine and British Pain Society both have concerns over recently published NICE guidance on ‘Managing low back pain and sciatica’
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The FPM and BPS would like to reassure those who have been unable to access pain services during the pandemic that we are working hard to ensure these services can safely resume
Results of the 2020 FPM Board Elections. The Faculty would like to thank everyone who took the time to vote and congratulate the winners.
The Faculty has significant concerns with this set of draft guidelines in their current form, and we have published our response outlining these concerns.
The FPM/RCoA Opioid Prescribing Project Working Party are pleased to release, ‘Surgery & Opioids: Best Practice Guidelines 2020' for open consultation.
The Faculty, alongside the RCoA, AoA, RPS, RCN, SBNS and APAGBI, have published updated guidance on Best Practice in the Management of Epidural Analgesia in the Hospital Setting.
The Faculty is pleased there has been a NICE review of Perioperative care in adults. It is important to note that the newly published guideline NG180 does not cover the entire perioperative pathway.
We are looking for a Deputy Lead to join the e-PAIN team in October 2020 for an initial period of 6 months, with a view to becoming Clinical Lead in April 2021, subject to satisfactory performance.
The Faculty has released an updated statement regarding the role of steroids in pain intervention techniques during the current COVID-19 pandemic.