The service is run by the Acute Pain Nurse specialist, led by Consultant Anaesthetists with a special interest in acute pain management. Consultant ward rounds are four times a week which are supplemented by daily nurse led rounds, supported on occasions by a pharmacist.

The service covers both adults and children.

A full range of post operative analgesia options are available at RNOH, including Patient Controlled Analgesia, peripheral nerve block, epidural infusion, oral and topical medication and non-drug treatments.

Contact: 020 8909 5757/5301


Acute Pain Clinical Nurse Specialists

  • Elizabeth Winstone RGN/RSCN
  • Jegsy Ann Hazell
  • Gabriella Versan

Other services


  • Dr Tacson Fernandez - Chronic Pain Medicine: Management of neuropathic pain states, Persistent post surgical neuropathic pain, Complex regional pain syndrome
  • Dr Michael Hetreed - Acute pain management - regional anaesthesia


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