Overview and Contact Information

We are a national specialist service commissioned by NHS England, accepting referrals from throughout the UK and internationally.

Our clinical services are available to adults aged 18 years and over, who have:

• A suspected or confirmed diagnosis of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) from a medical professional.
• Non-resolving moderate, worsening, highly distressing or severe symptoms.
• Where local services are unavailable or have failed to enable functional improvement.

Exclusions

• Under 18s. This is an adult service.
• The CRPS service does NOT offer medical intervention/invasive procedures.
• Anyone who has not received any pain medication advice yet.
• Requires acute hospital care.
• Severe physical or psychological co-morbidities which would impede travel or ability to engage in physical rehab.

Please note that we do not accept urgent referrals.

Contact details

For further clinical advice and guidance please contact us via telephone or email.

CRPS Enquiries
 01225 821127
 ruh-tr.RNHRDCRPSteam@nhs.net

Referral Guidelines

Referral to the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) service can be made as follows:

Consultant Referrals

Referrals should be received in writing from a medical consultant. Please send written referrals by email or post the address below:

CRPS Service Lead
Bath National Pain Centre
F19
RNHRD & Brownsword Therapies Centre
Royal United Hospital
Combe Park
Bath
BA1 3NG

E-mail: ruh-tr.RNHRDCRPSteam@nhs.net

Once a patient has been referred to the service our admin team will contact the registered GP by email to request the supporting information as outlined on this page.

GP Referrals

The service is commissioned to accept GP referrals only if they are submitted via the e-Referral Service (e-RS).
To locate our service on e-RS, please search using the following information:

Service Name:	Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) RAS RUH Bath RD1
Specialty:	Pain Management
Service Location:	Royal United Hospital
Service ID:	7984037
Postcode:	BA1 3NG
Priority:	Routine

Current CRPS UK Guidelines & Budapest Criteria

Please refer to:
Complex regional pain syndrome in adults: UK guidelines for diagnosis, referral and management in primary and secondary care (Royal College of Physicians, 2018)

Supporting information

The following information should be presented within the referral letter and notes:

• The disease duration, the triggering event, the treatment thus far, procedures to date, current therapy and the current problem and the reasons for referral.
• Copies of all clinical letters from psychological, therapeutic, mental health or psychiatric assessments, interventions or admissions.
• All correspondence for the past year relating to the patient’s clinical status complete with previous interventions, dates and outcomes including all clinical discharge letters from any previous admissions.
• All recent reports (eg. MRI, CT, etc)
• Up to date GP summary

Failure to include or provide this information may result in the referral being declined.

Funding

Prior funding approval is not required for patients living in England.

For people outside of England, local area funding approval will need to be obtained before a referral is submitted.

For further information and service charges, please email our administration team: ruh-tr.RNHRDCRPSteam@nhs.net

Private Referrals

The Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) service accepts private referrals in writing.

For further information and service charges, please email our administration team: ruh-tr.RNHRDCRPSteam@nhs.net