"Pain treatment at Royal Hospital for Women - Update!"

I wrote a Care Opinion review in 2023 and wanted to write an update now, in 2025. I’ve been receiving chronic pain treatment at the Royal Hospital for Women in the Macquarie Ward since 2021. If I ever win lotto, I will make a massive donation to the Royal Women’s! 

The culture on the Macquarie Ward is caring and professional. Anything that’s a bit odd or difficult about my case is treated simply as a challenge to be solved together, not a nuisance.

Chronic pain impacts and is impacted by every other domain of one’s health. On many occasions, RHW staff have pro-actively liaised with my medical specialists and allied health professionals outside the hospital to ensure my co-morbid conditions are well managed during my pain treatment. I so appreciate this holistic approach to my care. 

It’s difficult for most people to imagine being in severe pain all the time and how it can drive you out of your mind. I feel like the nurses and doctors at RHW really respect what I’m going through and how hard I’m working to improve my pain. It feels like they’re on my team. 

The more I’ve read about the emerging science of pain over the years, the more I’ve come to appreciate that the care and kindness shown to me at RHW is indispensable to the outcome of my treatments. 

I am so blessed to have the team at the Royal Women’s supporting me to manage my chronic pain. Thank you to all the nurses, doctors, administrators, cleaners, kitchen staff, allied health practitioners, and social workers. The highest compliment I can give you is that in your care, I receive exactly the sort of care I would wish for my family and loved ones to experience in hospital.