{"id":873,"date":"2025-02-05T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T23:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/better-together-van\/uncategorized\/persistent-pain-clinic-celebrate-first-year-matsichs"},"modified":"2025-02-18T15:32:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T05:32:42","slug":"persistent-pain-clinic-celebrate-first-year-matsichs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/better-together-van\/news\/persistent-pain-clinic-celebrate-first-year-matsichs","title":{"rendered":"Persistent Pain Clinic celebrate first year milestone at MATSICHS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Persistent Pain Clinic celebrate first year milestone at MATSICHS<\/h1>\n
\"Consumers

Consumers at the Persistent Pain Clinic at Caboolture<\/p><\/div>\n

The Persistent Pain Clinic partnership at The Moreton Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (Moreton ATSICHS) recently celebrated its first year of outreach care with 75 patients accessing the service for management of chronic pain.<\/h4>\n

The Moreton-based clinic was formed with the idea of expanding pain treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients closer to home, with care previously provided at Herston at the Tess Cramond Pain and Research Centre.<\/p>\n

The service has now contributed to 10,000 kilometres of travel saved for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients who are able to receive treatment more conveniently.<\/p>\n

Director of the Tess Cramond Pain and Research Centre RBWH, based at STARS, Paul Gray said that pain can be difficult to treat but the goal is always providing support for management.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we know that for some people it\u2019s hard to take away that pain completely. What we try to do is provide support to patients to cope with and manage their pain better than before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"Caboolture

Caboolture clinic in action<\/p><\/div>\n

The expanded service was made possible through a partnership with the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) at Caboolture.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently we have an outreach clinic at Moreton ATSICHS in James Street and hopefully in the future we\u2019ll have more outreach clinics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatients are referred to the clinic by their GP and our Nurse Navigators then support the patient journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patient feedback has been extremely positive, with patients attesting not only to saved travel time \u2013 but feeling well cared for and culturally safe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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