Improving the management of non cancer pain – reducing harm from opioids

Ongoing (or chronic) non-cancer pain is usually described as pain that lasts over 3 months that is not related to a cancer diagnosis. After this time, it is unlikely that there is any tissue damage causing the pain, though people may still experience severe pain that can affect their daily activities and overall quality of life.

The Let's Live Well With Pain (LLWWP) Programme is a six-week pain support programme designed to help and support people to:

  • Learn effective skills and methods that support the self-management of their pain, allowing them to live better despite experiencing ongoing pain. 
  • Increase their confidence and knowledge to take control of their own pain management and improve overall well being.
  • Learn from and share experiences with other people who are living with ongoing pain. 
  • Consider how well their pain medication is working for them and access support to review their medication.

The programme has pre and post support to the patient that includes a clinical review of their pain and screening to ensure the person is suitable for the programme. 

We thank Lister House Surgery, Joined up Care Derbyshire and Live Well with Pain for working in partnership with Health Innovation East Midlands to develop and promote this pain management programme.

 

Let's Live Well With Pain Implementation Guide

Let's Live Well With Pain Facilitators Guide

Let's Live Well With Pain Patient Leaflet

Download JUCD Chronic Pain Group Report Feb 2025

xlsxDownload Health and Well-being data collection spreadsheet

 

Pain management groups

As part of this programme we supported Derbyshire’s health system to review its new pain management groups. We spoke to two participants of the programme to find out how the groups had impacted their experience in managing their pain. The feedback from attendees was overwhelmingly positive, with them appreciating the power of meeting informally as a group to discuss their experiences and learn different techniques and approaches to managing pain from expert facilitators. You can watch the videos below to hear more.

 

 

 

 

Other videos

To hear Lister House Surgery talking about this programme, watch the video below.

Pain management programme for primary care

 

For more information about our programme to improve the management of non cancer pain – reducing harm from opioids click here.