Sutton Hospital The work undertaken in Epsom and St Hellier NHS Trust’s Malvern Centre is unlikely to be featured in any medical drama. There’s a complete absence of patients being rushed down the halls for life saving surgery, or ambulances screeching to a halt outside A&E. Instead, the work done, like the symptom it treats, is far more subtle. Alongside the phlebotomy clinic, the building housed the Centre for Pain Education, aptly known as COPE. This multidisciplinary service runs a pain management programme for sufferers of chronic pain, helping them to lead more fulfilling lives despite their condition. When the land the Malvern Centre stood on was sold to Sutton Council to make way for a new school, a replacement building was high on the list of priorities for the Trust. Needing a qu

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