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First EFIC® Symposium Societal Impact of Pain - SIP

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70<br />

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.

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