Whittington Hospital NHS Acupuncture Pain Clinic

The Whittington Hospital NHS Pain Clinic

The Whittington hospital acupuncture pain clinic is one of the first integrated services to be offered by the NHS using both conventional medicine and acupuncture to offer pain relief. The clinic opened in 2002 and now refers up to 50 patients a week to receive acupuncture treatment from the staff and students of Asanté. The acupuncture clinic is based in the out-patients department at the Whittington and treats everything from chronic back pain and migraine to arthritic and musculo-skeletal problems. This new and innovative project for the NHS has been such a success that it now runs on four sessions during the week. As a result referrals from care professionals are increasing and with that the number of patients using the service.

As well as providing an excellent service to NHS patients, this clinic also provides Asanté and Middlesex University students with a unique opportunity to experience treating people from a wide variety of backgrounds in a testing and challenging clinical setting.

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Clinics Teaching Clinics Staff Research & Articles About Asanté Contact us Home	" The waiting list, in particular has gone dramatically down in length and there is a high level of patient satisfaction with the service they receive. We hope to be able to continue our work with Asanté Academy on this service." Carmen Singh Anaesthetic Department The Whittington Hospital	The Whittington Hospital NHS Pain Clinic The Whittington hospital acupuncture pain clinic is one of the first integrated services to be offered by the NHS using both conventional medicine and acupuncture to offer pain relief. The clinic opened in 2002 and now refers up to 50 patients a week to receive acupuncture treatment from the staff and students of Asanté. The acupuncture clinic is based in the out-patients department at the Whittington and treats everything from chronic back pain and migraine to arthritic and musculo-skeletal problems. This new and innovative project for the NHS has been such a success that it now runs on four sessions during the week. As a result referrals from care professionals are increasing and with that the number of patients using the service. As well as providing an excellent service to NHS patients, this clinic also provides Asanté and Middlesex University students with a unique opportunity to experience treating people from a wide variety of backgrounds in a testing and challenging clinical setting. back to top