THE UNIT

The Pain Medicine Unit at The Wellington Hospital specialises in minimally invasive physical and pharmacological treatments of pain. We work closely with other disciplines including occupational therapy, physiotherapy and clinical psychology to provide multidisciplinary care for patients with complex pain problems

We have experience in all pain medicine problems including:

• Back pain & Neck pain
• Nerve root pain
• Vertebral fractures
• Facet joint disease
• Cancer pain
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Herniated discs
• Neuropathic pain
• Urogenital pain
• Ischemic pain
• Post herpetic neuralgia
• Visceral pain
• Occipital pain

Our patients are looked after by Pain Medicine Consultants, all of whom are at the top of their profession and most hold senior positions in London’s renowned teaching hospitals.

They will lead a team approach to the evaluation, management and treatment of chronic pain.

We thoroughly assess all our patients with a full history and examination, and arrange all necessary investigations from blood tests, X-rays, MRI and other imaging techniques, electrophysiological testing to nuclear imaging.

We offer comprehensive physical therapy programmes with local specialist physiotherapists and we run interdisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation and functional restoration programmes.

We have a new operating theatre with dedicated nursing staff, with the best available modern equipment, including the latest radiofrequency lesion generator for highly accurate treatments to specific nerves; and computerised CT-fluoroscopy (X-Ray).