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DOUGLAS - The Townsville Hospital (PB)

North Queensland Persistent Pain Management Service
100 Angus Smith Drive 
DOUGLAS QLD 4814

Classification Level: 1
Paediatric Service: Yes

CONTACT

Phone: 07 4433 2218   
Fax: 07 4433 2223
Email: NQPPMS@health.qld.gov.au 
Web: www.health.qld.gov.au/townsville/services/pain_clinic 

SERVICES

  • Multidisciplinary pain clinic within a teaching hospital environment. Accredited by the Faculty of Pain Medicine for Training Pain Medicine trainees. Involved in research and benchmarking (ePPOC). 

  • Individual and group therapy. NQPPMS provide a number of multi-disciplinary programs, programs including EQUIP, Mindful Movement, Tai Chi, EMPOWER and RADAR.

  • Interventional procedures available as part of multidisciplinary management.

  • ediatric service - supports paediatric patients in North Queensland either independently or in combination with Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital Persistent Pain Service.

STAFF

  • Specialist medical staff include Pain Medicine, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Rehabilitation and Addiction Medicine; allied health professionals include Nursing, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Occupational Therapy and Pharmacy; Administration Officers

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Our capacity to influence government policy and improve understanding and management of pain is directly related to the strength of our membership network. Your support could make all the difference.
 

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With one in five Australians living with pain it is likely that someone you know is directly affected. Painaustralia is the national peak body working to improve the quality of life of people living with pain, their families and carers, and to minimise the social and economic burden of pain.

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