Guidelines and publications

Pain Medicine publications

The Faculty produces a range of quality improvement publications for the specialty of Pain Medicine. These include provision standards, policy statements and clinical guidelines. We also endorse guidance from partner organisations. Please use this section to explore our publications. 

Useful guidelines and publications

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Clinical guidelines
Clinical guidelines and publications, including competencies, procedures, outcome measures and safety checklists
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External guidelines

Access external guidelines and publications, including those endorsed by the Faculty and other pain-related publications
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FPM Statements
Statements made by the Faculty, including responses to publications and position statements
Transmitter

Transmitter
Transmitter is the newsletter of the Faculty of Pain Medicine
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Core Standards
A collaborative multidisciplinary reference for the planning and delivery of pain management services in the UK

Want to read more?

Check out our Opioids Aware resource, created for patients and professionals to support the prescribing of opioids for pain.

Learn more about opioids

Related Content

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Provision of Stage 3 and SIA Pain Training
Guidance for pain management units or training programmes that wish to provide Stage 3 Training and the SIA in Pain Medicine
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FPMLearning
FPM's open resource for all trainees providing a variety of teaching materials including case reports, journal club, recommended reading, webinars, podcasts, and exam resources
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Opioids Aware

A resource for patients and healthcare professionals to support prescribing of opioid medicines for pain