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Do not come to our emergency department unless you need life-saving care

Our emergency department at Torbay Hospital is incredibly busy. Anyone who comes to our emergency department with a minor ailment or condition will be sent to our urgent treatment centre at Newton Abbot or our minor injuries department at Totnes. For details and more information, please see the notice on our home page.

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Guidelines

  • NICE Guidelines NG59 Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management
  • NICE Guidelines CG75 Metastatic spinal cord compression in adults: risk assessment, diagnosis and management
  • BASS Standards of Care for Suspected and Confirmed Compressive Cauda Equina Syndrome
  • Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT Report on Spinal Services by Mike Hutton)
  • British Pain Society Website
  • Information for Adult Patients Prescribed Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) for the Treatment of pain (2018)
  • Understanding and Managing Pain After Surgery – Information for patients and their carers (2017)
  • Opioids Aware: A resource for patients and healthcare professionals to support prescribing of opioid medicines for pain
  • Understanding and Managing Long-term Pain (2015)
  • Amitriptyline (2014)
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  • Participant Information for Pain Management Programmes (2013)
  • Managing your pain effectively using “Over the Counter” (OTC) Medicines (2010)
  • Spinal cord stimulation for pain: information for patients (2009)
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