Pain Medicine Consultant
MBChB FRCA FFPMRCA
Dr Collighan is a full-time Consultant in Pain Medicine, specialising in a wide range of pain conditions. He has delivered pain management at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation NHS Trust since 2009 and has been Lead Consultant for pain services within the trust since 2018.
He believes that all pain management strategies should be a combined medical, interventional and psychological approach to ensure optimum results and patient wellbeing.
Dr Collighan has been elected to President Elect of the British Pain Society
He will take on the role of President of the British Pain Society from May 2027.
In 2026, Dr Collighan has been part of the first tranche of expert pain clinicians to be credentialed in Pain Medicine by the General Medical Council.
Dr Collighan was elected Honorary Treasurer for the British Pain Society
In 2024 Dr Collighan was elected by his colleagues as a member of the Council of the British Pain Society.
Dr Collighan was elected Honorary Secretary for the British Pain Society
In 2023 Dr Collighan was elected by his colleagues as a member of the Council of the British Pain Society. He acted as council liaison for the National Institute of Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) and also the Interventional Pain Management special Interest group.
In 2013, Dr Collighan was appointed as the South East Coast Representative on the NHS England Clinical Reference Group (CRG) for Specialised Pain Services. In 2016 he was appointed South representative and in 2019 he was appointed as a National Representative.
He currently acts as a clinical member of NHS England high cost Device Working Group (DWG).
Dr Collighan has a private practice at BMI Chaucer Hospital in Canterbury, Spencer Private Hospital in Margate and also at the One Ashford Hospital in Ashford, Kent.
Dr Collighan has been trained in the more complex interventional procedures including spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal drug delivery devices and intradiscal therapies. He has developed a private multidisciplinary Spinal Cord Stimulation service for the County of Kent which can be delivered at any of the hospitals he consults out of.
Working since 2009, he has learned experience in preparing and submitting medico-legal reports with regards to assessment of pain management and treatment requirements.
Dr Collighan has a particular expertise in neuromodulation, a medical procedure used to alter nervous system function for relief of pain. He has jointly established a neuromodulation service at East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust that provides both spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal pump placement. Following guidance from NICE in November 2022 Dr Collighan is now able to offer Multifidus muscle neuromodulation using Mainstay systems for patients with non-surgical mechanical low back pain with signs of axial instability.
Dr Collighan can be contacted through Pain Expert Limited:
Pain Expert Limited
Unit 8 Hill Farm
Kirby Road
Kirby Beedon
Norwich
NR14 7DU
Phone: 01603 819115
Email: office@pain-expert.org
Dr Collighan has been involved in the preparation and submission of medico-legal reports with regards to assessment of previous pain management and on-going requirements since 2009. He completes 20-30 medico-legal reports per year, majority claimant but he also has experience with defendant reports.
Medico-legal training includes Bond Solon Civil Procedure Rules for Expert Witnesses Certificate and regular attendance at Cambridge Annual Medico-Legal Conference. Dr Collighan has been an officer of the Medico-Legal Special Interest Group (SIG) of the British Pain Society.
Nackington Road
Canterbury
Kent
CT4 7AR
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital
Ramsgate Road
Margate
Kent
CT9 4BG
Kennington Road
Ashford
Kent
TN24 0YS
Email: vanessa.seller@outlook.com
Phone: 07359 502104
For a copy of Dr Collighan's CV, please contact either Vanessa Seller or Pain Expert Ltd.
Dr Collighan has been actively involved in the development of the field of pain medicine. This includes the following roles:
Dr Collighan is an active member or fellow of: The Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Association of Anaesthetists, British Medical Association, The International Association for the Study of Pain, The British Pain Society, Interventional Pain Management Special interest group and Medicolegal Special Interest Group, The Neuromodulation Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland, Representative on the NHS England Clinical Reference Group for Specialised Pain Services