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Gitte Handberg
Consultant, leader ofMultidisciplinary Pain ClinicOdense University Hospital
[email protected]: +45 65413869
Representative of the Danish Pain Society - IASP-Charter Denmark
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Denmark
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Staff:
Doctors
Nurses
Psychologists
Social workers
Physiotherapists
Secretaries
2012:
700 new patients
6000 consultations
4000 telephone consultations
12 group treatment courses
Waiting period of
9 months
Multidisciplinary Pain ClinicOdense University Hospital
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Addressing the
Societal Impact of Pain in Denmark
Issues:
1) SIP- Denmark meeting yesterday
2) Visitation of patients referred to multidisciplinary pain treatment
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Issue 1
SIP- Denmark meeting:
Hosted by the Chronic Pain Patient Organisation
80 audiences - politicians, officials, pain patients and professionels
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Program 29. of may
4 hours program – 1p.m till 5 p.mIssues from Road Map for Action:
• Burden for the patient and her family• Pain that just goes on and on – what is it• Burden for society• Difficulties in social clarification of chronic pain patients• Pointing out lack of knowledge in generel • The general practitioners role in future setting• The role of the nurse in primary care in future setting
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Panel discussion
One member from the Danish Parliament
A patient with chronic pain
A GP
A consultant from a multidisciplinary clinic (not me )
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Conclusions
Decision to prepare for a political hearing
Decision to establish a working group to prepare for a national action plan
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Visitation of patients referred to multidisciplinary pain treatment
Experience from my everyday practices
Issue 2
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Hand in hand
More focus and more willingness:
A larger capacity
and
A qualified visitation
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Larger capacity:
1 million Danes with chronic pain
80 %
10 %
10 %
Standard distribution of patients in healthcare
GP
GP and pain specialists
Pain specialists
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A qualified visitation:
Visitation
Monodisciplinary
treatment
Multidisciplinary
treatment
Partnership with GP
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The visitation
Conducted by a pain specialistnow nurses – autumn 2012 doctors
2 to 4 weeks after referral – 30 minutes
10 % do not turn up – one new chance10 % gets a good advice for her GP – doctor to
doctor contact/partnership
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In summary:
Positive results – 80 % of treatment plans are implemented
Well informed and motivated patients
Less than 2 % absentees
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- together we are strong!
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Thank you