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Gitte Handberg

Consultant, leader ofMultidisciplinary Pain ClinicOdense University Hospital

Gitte.Handberg@ouh.regionsyddanmark.dkTelefon: +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