Very poor and Unscientific
All they are interested in doing is getting you off pain meds and putting you onto a short course of group based cbt. They don't look at if this is suitable for you and cbt has not got strong evidenced based outcomes. NICE guidelines was based on a very small sample set and it's a very mixed picture. I saw a nurse who was condescending and gave unscientific reasons and explanations including a very wrong idea about the placebo effect and how it works. It's just a performative cheap excersise to reduce the waiting list. A pain clinic should offer more than cbt!






