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Criteria common to all programmes are:
Criteria according to programmes are as follows.
Three full days per week programme or six evening sessions.
Three half days per week for three weeks.
2.00pm to 4.30pm on Fridays for eight weeks.
This aims to help the patient:
Referrals are accepted from Oxford Pain Management Centre, the Oxfordshire Musculoskeletal Triage and Interface Clinic, and consultants within Oxford University Hospitals. GPs from outside Oxfordshire can make a direct referral.
Although rationalisation of medication is discussed, there is currently not the facility to change patients' drug regimes during the programme, other than by liaison with patients' GPs or with the referring clinicians.