Welcome to this episode of Talking Meds where your host, Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Prof Sailesh Mishra and we are going to talk about the vexing topic of pain management.

Sailesh is a Consultant in Pain Management & anaesthesia at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle Upon Tyne. He started his medical career in 1991, qualified as a doctor in 1997 and started his journey as an anaesthetic and pain management doctor in 1998. His interests in pain management includes acute & perioperative pain, neuropathic pain, and rational safe prescribing of opioids. He works on many national pain groups, including the British Pain Society. Beyond his role as a doctor, he is a Radio Presenter as RJ Sailesh on a weekly live radio show from Spice FM, called Bollywood & Beyond with RJ Sailesh – 7pm every Friday evening!

PrescQIPP resources mentioned in this episode:

• Bulletin 370. Chronic pain
• Bulletin 336. Reducing opioid prescribing in chronic pain
• Bulletin 353. Dependence forming medicines
• Clinical masterclasses

Other resources mentioned:

• Opioids Aware from the Faculty of Pain Management
• Clinical Masterclass - Managing Cancer as a Long Term Condition in Primary Care

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