Professional profile

Dr Richard Griffiths qualified from UCL Medical School in 1997 and was appointed a consultant in 2007.

His clinical role involves regular NHS clinics in Sevenoaks, Crowborough, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells where he sees adult patients with a wide range of pain conditions.

His practice provides diagnosis, imaging and treatment of painful conditions where surgery is not needed, has been unsuccessful or is complicated. Common issues include degenerative and arthritic conditions, spine, joint and back injury and slipped spinal discs.

He works regularly with a number of specialists, surgeons and physicians to ensure all reasonable options are provided for.

 

Clinical interests

  • Anaesthesia
  • General anaesthesia
  • Regional and local anaesthetic techniques
  • Urology and general surgery
  • Spinal anaesthesia
  • Orthopaedics
  • Gynaecology
  • Regional anaesthesia and day surgery
  • Enhanced recovery techniques
  • Pain Management
  • Back pain and sciatica
  • Neck pain and brachialgia
  • Spinal intervention including injection therapy (epidurals, nerve injection, joint injections and radiofrequency denervation)
  • Neuropathic pain (Neuralgia)
  • Chronic regional pain syndrome
  • Fibromyalgia and widespread pain
  • Visceral pain
  • Post surgical pain
  • Complex analgesia management
  • Opioid management.

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Richard Griffiths include:

  • Chronic pain management
  • Epidural injections
  • Facet joint injections
  • Joint pain treatment (joint injections)
     

Other treatments

  • Back pain
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
  • Joint pain
  • Neuropathic pain
  • Pain relief
  • Post herpetic neuralgia
  • Post surgical pain
  • Scar pain
  • Sciatica
  • Slipped discs.

Qualifications and professional memberships

Professional memberships

  • Royal College of Anaesthetists
  • Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists
  • Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
  • British Pain Society
  • International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
  • St George's School of Anaesthesia and South East School of Anaesthesia
  • London Deanery Pain Training Group (LPTAG)
  • Professional leadership
  • Regional Advisor for Pain Medicine (South Thames)

 

Research and publications

  • Burn pain
  • Cancer pain
  • Neuropathic pain
  • Post surgical pain
  • Ultrasound in Pain Management procedures

 

Current NHS posts

  • Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
  • London Deanery - Programme Director for South Thames Pain Training.