Gitte Handberg Representative of the Danish Pain Society
Gitte Handberg Representative of the Danish Pain Society - IASP-Charter Denmark Consultant, leader of Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic Odense University Hospital Gitte. Handberg@ouh. regionsyddanmark. dk Telefon: +45 65413869 1
Denmark 2
Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic Odense University Hospital Staff: 2012: Doctors 700 new patients Nurses 6000 consultations Psychologists 4000 telephone consultations Social workers 12 group treatment courses Physiotherapists Secretaries Waiting period of 9 months 3
Addressing the Societal Impact of Pain in Denmark Issues: 1) SIP- Denmark meeting yesterday 2) Visitation of patients referred to multidisciplinary pain treatment 4
Issue 1 SIP- Denmark meeting: Hosted by the Chronic Pain Patient Organisation 80 audiences - politicians, officials, pain patients and professionels 5
Program 29. of may 4 hours program – 1 p. m till 5 p. m Issues 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 6
Panel discussion One member from the Danish Parliament A patient with chronic pain A GP A consultant from a multidisciplinary clinic (not me ) 7
Conclusions Decision to prepare for a political hearing Decision to establish a working group to prepare for a national action plan 8
Issue 2 Visitation of patients referred to multidisciplinary pain treatment Experience from my everyday practices 9
Hand in hand More focus and more willingness: A larger capacity and A qualified visitation 10
Larger capacity: 1 million Danes with chronic pain 10 % Standard distribution of patients in healthcare 10 % 80 % Pain specialists GP and pain specialists GP 11
A qualified visitation: Visitation Monodisciplinary treatment Partnership with GP Multidisciplinary treatment 12
The visitation Conducted by a pain specialist now nurses – autumn 2012 doctors 2 to 4 weeks after referral – 30 minutes 10 % do not turn up – one new chance 10 % gets a good advice for her GP – doctor to doctor contact/partnership 13
In summary: Positive results – 80 % of treatment plans are implemented Well informed and motivated patients Less than 2 % absentees 16
- together we are strong! 17
Thank you 18
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