This is a service based at The Royal Oldham Hospital, which promoted a bio-psychosocial approach to service users’ care thereby improving the psychological care of those with physical illness.
There are two aspects of the service – one is delivered primarily from the hospital site, while the other provides services to Pennine Musculoskeletal Partnership Ltd which is an integrated clinical assessment and treatment service for musculoskeletal disorders. PMS also provides a community based psychology service for stroke patients.
A) The hospital aspect of PMS helps physically unwell service users with psycho-social distress associated with their physical health.
B) The Pennine MSK (PMSK) aspect of our service provides psychological/psychiatric input to the service users with musculoskeletal conditions. We offer interventions to address their psychological and psychiatric needs (including mental health co-morbidities like associated depression, anxiety, adjustment difficulties, PTSD, phobia, sleep problems etc) as well as to contribute in pain management by psychological approaches