John Hunter Children’s Hospital
Hunter New England LHD Paediatric Tier 2
Contact details
John Hunter Hospital, 2 Lookout Rd, New Lambton Heights
Locked bag 1, Hunter Region Mail Centre NSW 2310
02 4921 3599
https://www.hnekidshealth.nsw.gov.au/childrens_hospital/specialist_services_o_-_z/pain
About this service
- Addiction medicine specialist (upon referral)
- Administrative assistant
- Child life therapist (upon referral)
- Nurse consultant
- Pain specialist
- Physiotherapist
- Psychologist
- Education and advice
- Hydrotherapy (by referral)
- Local education and support program for parents of children with chronic pain is under development
- Medical reviews
- Multidisciplinary assessment
- Pain program
- Telehealth service delivery to GP rooms, community health centres or to homes where broadband internet access is available
- Treatment planning and appointments with health professionals e.g. psychologist and physiotherapist
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
- Headache, abdominal pain, widespread pain
- Improving access for families of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin
- Neonates, children and adolescents
- Pain in rare diseases of childhood, including cancer
- Procedural pain and medical traumatic stress
- Pre-consultation telephone or telehealth advice for GPs
- Post consultation telephone advice for GPs
- Non pharmacological management, analgesia and sedation for painful procedures in children
- Pain in connective tissue disorders and other rare diseases of childhood