Dr Neil Collighan

Dr Neil Collighan is a Consultant in Pain Management and Neuromodulation. He completed his medical training at the University of Edinburgh in 1996 before undertaking his speciality training in Anaesthesia and Pain Management at the Yorkshire School of Anaesthesia.

Neil's specialist interests are in neuromodulation and spinal pain but he has also undertaken training in more complex interventional procedures. These include spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal drug delivery devices . His belief is that all pain management strategies should be a combined medical, interventional and psychological approach in order to provide maximal pain relief for the patient's well-being.

In July 2009, Neil was appointed as a Consultant for Pain Services for the East Kent University NHS Foundation Trust and is currently the Lead Consultant for Pain Services. There he worked in anaesthesia, intensive care and chronic pain management. His current NHS commitments are full-time in Pain Services  working at the QEQM hospital, Margate and the Kent and Canterbury Hospital.

Neil is the current Honorary Treasurer of the British Pain Society Council. He also developed a full multidisciplinary team to deliver a full Spinal Cord Stimulation service for Kent, in particular for chronic pain post spinal surgery, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and chronic peripheral (leg and/or arm) neuropathic pain.