First EFIC® Symposium Societal Impact of Pain - SIP
First EFIC® Symposium Societal Impact of Pain - SIP
First EFIC® Symposium Societal Impact of Pain - SIP
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Pete Mackenzie<br />
Dr. Pete Mackenzie<br />
Scottish Government Lead Clinician for Chronic<br />
<strong>Pain</strong><br />
DEVELOPING A NATIONAL SERVICE<br />
FRAMEWORK FOR CHRONIC PAIN<br />
It is an honour to be asked to speak at this interesting<br />
and important meeting. The reason I<br />
am speaking is that I was appointed as Scottish<br />
Government Lead Clinician for Chronic <strong>Pain</strong> in<br />
May 2009. My talk will explain how NHS Scotland<br />
health planners were persuaded to support<br />
improvement plans for chronic pain, update<br />
the audience about agreed plans, consider<br />
risks to progress and describe next steps.<br />
How was support agreed with the Scottish<br />
Government and NHS Scotland?<br />
The Scottish Government appointed a lead clinician<br />
for chronic pain because <strong>of</strong> strong stakeholder<br />
support for the priority actions <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Getting Relevant Information on Chronic <strong>Pain</strong><br />
Services (GRIPS) report published by the healthcare<br />
watchdog NHS Quality Improvement Scotland<br />
(NHS QIS) at the end <strong>of</strong> 2007. The net result<br />
has been enhanced recognition <strong>of</strong> chronic<br />
pain within Long Term Conditions workstreams,<br />
Scottish Government Health Directorates<br />
(SGHD) and NHS Scotland generally. I have also<br />
been appointed as a specialty adviser on<br />
chronic pain to the Chief Medical Officer. A key<br />
breakthrough happened in December 2009<br />
when a proposed service model and costeffectiveness<br />
case was fully supported by the<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> Healthcare planning, the national<br />
clinical lead for Long Term Conditions and the<br />
Regional Planning Chief Executive Sub-group.<br />
Agreed plans<br />
May 2009<br />
Scottish Chronic <strong>Pain</strong> Steering Group established<br />
November 2009<br />
National service review completed<br />
December 2010<br />
Service model agreed by stakeholders at a national<br />
meeting<br />
Links between service models for chronic pain<br />
and musculo-skeletal services agreed<br />
Key agreement with Regional Planning Chief<br />
Executives sub-group<br />
January 2010<br />
NHS Education for Scotland commissioned Primary<br />
Care Learning Needs Assessment and<br />
supported development <strong>of</strong> an on-line training<br />
package<br />
Full project support from NHS Quality Improvement<br />
Scotland confirmed<br />
Support from Information Services Division confirmed<br />
Risks to progress<br />
Lack <strong>of</strong> equity in health board investment in<br />
service and improvement models<br />
Quality Improvement framework not defined.<br />
Key next steps<br />
A meeting with all health board Chief Executives<br />
in NHS Scotland is planned in March 2010 to<br />
discuss implementation <strong>of</strong> the agreed service<br />
model.<br />
NHS QIS has embarked on a process to publish<br />
an improvement plan for chronic pain.<br />
Key messages<br />
People with chronic pain benefit if their condition<br />
is recognised in strategic planning.<br />
Healthcare planning benefits from an agreed,<br />
evidence based service model.