Dr Muhammad Nauman Akhtar is a Consultant in Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, holding the Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine at the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FFPMRCA) and the Fellowship of the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland (FCAI). He also holds the Associate Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (AFICM) and is a Member of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (MRCA). He currently practises at Hull University Teaching Hospitals and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, with regular NHS sessions in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia at Scunthorpe General Hospital and Pain Medicine theatres and clinics at Castle Hill Hospital.

Areas of expertise

• Chronic and persistent pain management, including neuropathic and spinal pain
• Diagnostic and therapeutic injections under fluoroscopic or ultrasound guidance
• Conventional and pulsed radiofrequency ablation
• Complex pain syndromes, including CRPS, chronic post-surgical pain and post-amputation pain
• Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Pain medicine expertise
Dr Akhtar specialises in the management of complex and persistent pain conditions, including neuropathic and somatic pain affecting the spine and other musculoskeletal structures. His practice includes diagnostic and therapeutic injections under fluoroscopic or ultrasound guidance, along with specialist use of conventional and pulsed radiofrequency ablation. He has particular expertise in complex pain syndromes such as CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome), abdominal and pelvic pain syndromes, sympathetically maintained pain, chronic post-surgical pain, post-amputation pain, and cervicogenic and occipital headaches.

Training and background
Dr Akhtar completed five years of Anaesthesia speciality training in Yorkshire, rotating across both district general and teaching hospitals. Across his training, he was assessed by multiple clinical and educational supervisors, receiving strong multi-source feedback from supervisors and allied speciality colleagues alike. He completed advanced pain training after attending pain clinics and performing a high volume of pain medicine interventions, and passed the FFPMRCA, an internationally recognised pain medicine examination, during his advanced training year. He completed his speciality training with a CCT (Certificate of Completion of Training) in 2018.

NHS leadership and research
Alongside his clinical practice, Dr Akhtar is a College Tutor for the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Department Lead for Resuscitation and Paediatric Anaesthesia at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust. He has also served as Lead Investigator at Scunthorpe General Hospital for the GenOMICC study, a national genetics research initiative.

Why choose Dr Akhtar at St Hugh’s
Patients in Grimsby and North East Lincolnshire benefit from Dr Akhtar’s combined NHS and specialist pain medicine experience, including advanced, image-guided treatment techniques not widely available and a track record of clinical leadership and teaching within the NHS.

FAQs

• What conditions does Dr Akhtar treat? Chronic and persistent pain conditions, including neuropathic and spinal pain, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), post-surgical and post-amputation pain, and cervicogenic and occipital headaches.
• What treatments does Dr Akhtar offer? Diagnostic and therapeutic injections under fluoroscopic or ultrasound guidance, and radiofrequency ablation (both conventional and pulsed) for long-term pain relief.
• Does Dr Akhtar treat NHS and private patients? Yes. He practises at Hull University Teaching Hospitals and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and sees private patients at St Hugh’s Hospital, Grimsby.