{"id":2226,"date":"2020-04-07T18:37:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T17:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bathcentreforpainservices.nhs.uk\/?page_id=2226"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:49:12","slug":"maintaininggoodhealth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bathcentreforpainservices.org.uk\/?page_id=2226","title":{"rendered":"About Our Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<p>&#8220;Specialist Rehabilitation for Disabling Pain Conditions&#8221;<\/p>\n\t<p>For over 25 years, the Bath Centre for Pain Services (BCPS) has been a national referral centre for children and adults with disabling chronic pain. <\/p>\n<p>Our story started as part of the historic, specialist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruh.nhs.uk\/RNHRD\/index.asp\">Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases<\/a>. Specialists in chronic conditions recognised the need for intensive residential pain rehabilitation. <\/p>\n<p>This rapidly grew to incorporate a paediatric service and the first dedicated Young Adult service in the UK. We have since added intensive individual admissions for the most severely disabled, and a specialism in Paediatric CRPS. <\/p>\n<p>In 2019 we moved to new, purpose-built facilities at the Royal United Hospitals Bath. We formed a group of national specialist pain services here, including the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome service and the Complex Cancer Late Effects Service. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bathcentreforpainservices.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BCPS_ChronicPain_mental_health_Covid_Three_Tree_Heads_Image.jpg?w=720\" alt=\"BCPS_ChronicPain_mental_health_Covid_Three_Tree_Heads_Image\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"BCPS_ChronicPain_mental_health_Covid_Three_Tree_Heads_Image\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bathcentreforpainservices.org.uk\/?page_id=11\" title=\"What We Do\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\tWhat We Do\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Information about where we stand in the national care pathway, what makes our team special. <\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bathcentreforpainservices.org.uk\/?page_id=3343\" title=\"Our Facilities\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\tOur Facilities\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Information about our buildings, accommodation, gym space. See here for video walk-arounds that cover the building in general, and also our disability adapted facilities. <\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bathnationalpaincentre.nhs.uk\/\" title=\"Sister Services\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\tSister Services\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>In Bath, there are a cluster of national specialist pain rehabilitation services. 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