British acupuncture Council April 2021 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a guideline for chronic pain in April 2021 stating that painkillers should no longer be prescribed for longer-term pain. We
Chronic pain may never go away but acupuncture can help manage it ‘NICE guideline for chronic pain: painkillers out, acupuncture in The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) is delighted to see that acupuncture is one of
Persistent (chronic) pain is a widespread problem that affects around 8 million people of all ages in the UK (Chronic Pain Policy 2010). In 22% of cases, chronic pain leads to depression, and some 25%
Recently a patient informed me that their pain clinic was closing, another informed me that her treatment had been restricted – both times the consultants who told them this was very distressed to be letting
