The acute pain service is a multidisciplinary team specialised in addressing acute pain in patients within the hospital. Alongside this service runs an opioid stewardship program which addresses the misuse of opioids and pain medications not just within the hospital but within the community.

We were privileged to have Dr Yvette McKellar who is a senior staff specialist anaesthetist and clinical lead of the Acute pain team, Andrea Freeman who is a CNC within the acute pain team and James Alderson who is the lead pharmacist for the surgical division and secretary of the opioid stewardship working group.

We hope you enjoy :)