A service evaluation to examine the effectiveness of chronic pain management programmes delivered using video conferencing technology compared to in-person.

Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic required rapid substitution of in-person Pain Management Programmes (PMP) delivery with delivery via videoconferencing technologies (VCT). No prior published VCT-PMP effectiveness findings were found, so an evaluation was conducted to explore effectiveness of this method and to compare psychometric outcomes with pre-pandemic, in-person- PMPs, delivered in routine clinical settings.

Methods: Participants were routinely attending PMPs.

Patient experiences of remote care in a pain service during a pandemic.

Background: In March 2020, Pain Management Services were obliged to cease face-to-face consultations. This abrupt change, in line with recommendations from the British Pain Society, aimed to protect patients and staff and allowed resource re-allocation. Pain services were obliged to switch to remote consultations using Video Tele-Conferencing Technology (VTC) and Remote Consultations (RC) either through telephone or video calls using a variety of media and software applications.

Early cognitive-behavioural therapy for post-traumatic stress symptoms after physical injury. Randomised controlled trial.

Background: Early single-session psychological interventions, including psychological debriefing following trauma, have not been shown to reduce psychological distress. Longer early psychological interventions have shown some promise.

Aims: To examine the efficacy of a four-session cognitive-behavioural intervention following physical injury.