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Table 4.

Training programme recommendations

Suggested items for training programme inclusion
• Generic pain education, including the exploration of attitudes, barriers and beliefs (open to all relevant staff, including GPs, care assistants etc) • The use of analgesia in older people – dosages, side effects, and monitoring, including the use of opioids • Recognition and treatment of pain for people with cognitive impairment • The use and interpretation of pain assessment tools, and subsequent treatment • Non-pharmacological pain treatments instead of, or in conjunction with, analgesic medication

Suggested items for training programme inclusion

• Generic pain education, including the exploration of attitudes, barriers and beliefs (open to all relevant staff, including GPs, care assistants etc)

• The use of analgesia in older people – dosages, side effects, and monitoring, including the use of opioids

• Recognition and treatment of pain for people with cognitive impairment

• The use and interpretation of pain assessment tools, and subsequent treatment

• Non-pharmacological pain treatments instead of, or in conjunction with, analgesic medication