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Information on how many pain consultants there are in multidisciplinary chronic pain teams in each NHS board area for (a) adult and (b) children services, is not held centrally. However, I would like to refer the member to the Benchmarking Report published by Healthcare Improvement Scotland on 26 October 2012:

http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/programmes/long_term_conditions/chronic_pain/chronic_pain_update_report.aspx.

The audit has identified the current resources available in relation to NHS Board populations and provides up to date information on the provision of pain management services in each NHS Board area. This information will assist NHS boards to identify any gaps and variation in local services and provides recommendations to inform planning and assist in the implementation of the Scottish Service Model for Chronic Pain.

A chronic pain Managed Clinical Network has been running effectively in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for some time.

In addition the Scottish Government has recently provided pump priming funding for the establishment of service improvement groups/Managed Clinical Networks to NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Lothian.

The National Steering Group are working closely with a number of boards to develop similar approaches.

Information on how many pain consultants there are in multidisciplinary chronic pain teams in each NHS board area for (a) adult and (b) children services, is not held centrally. However, I would like to refer the member to the Benchmarking Report published by Healthcare Improvement Scotland on 26 October 2012:

http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/programmes/long_term_conditions/chronic_pain/chronic_pain_update_report.aspx.

The audit has identified the current resources available in relation to NHS Board populations and provides up to date information on the provision of pain management services in each NHS Board area. This information will assist NHS Boards to identify any gaps and variation in local services and provides recommendations to inform planning and assist in the implementation of the Scottish Service Model for Chronic Pain.

The Lead Clinician and the National Chronic Pain Steering Group are currently exploring a range of options for the provision of specialist chronic pain services. These will be discussed at a meeting scheduled with National Services Division of NHS National Services Scotland in early December 2012.

Estimates of the numbers of adults and children usually resident in each Scottish health board area at 30 June 2011 are given in the following table.

Estimated Population of Scotland, mid-2011

NHS Board areas	Adults (18+)	Children (0-17)	All Ages
Ayrshire and Arran	294,878	72,012	366,890
Borders	90,739	22,411	113,150
Dumfries and Galloway	120,169	27,891	148,060
Fife	293,388	73,904	367,292
Forth Valley	234,237	61,304	295,541
Grampian	445,630	109,650	555,280
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	974,040	236,214	1,210,254
Highland	251,544	60,416	311,960
Lanarkshire	443,821	119,364	563,185
Lothian	687,059	161,668	848,727
Orkney	16,243	3,917	20,160
Shetland	17,677	4,823	22,500
Tayside	327,852	77,869	405,721
Western Isles	21,114	4,966	26,080
Scotland total	4,218,391	1,036,409	5,254,800

Estimates of the population by sex and single year of age are published annually by National Records of Scotland and are available for NHS boards and other geographies on their website at:

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/population/estimates/index.html.

The National Chronic Pain Steering Group continues to work closely with NHS Boards to seek updates on the progress in implementing the Scottish Service Model for Chronic Pain. NHS Boards that have or are establishing service improvement groups/Managed Clinical Networks for Chronic Pain will report regularly to the National Steering Group on their progress.

However, it is also for NHS Boards to ensure that the work of these groups/networks do deliver improvements and that their work feeds into local reporting and governance arrangements.

<>Information on how many pain consultants there are in multidisciplinary chronic pain teams in each NHS board area for (a) adult and (b) children services, is not held centrally. However, I would like to refer the member to the Benchmarking Report published by Healthcare Improvement Scotland on 26 October2012. http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/programmes/long_term_conditions/chronic_pain/chronic_pain_update_report.aspx.

The audit has identified the current resources available in relation to NHS Board populations and provides up to date information on the provision of pain management services in each NHS Board area. This information will assist NHS Boards to identify any gaps and variation in local services and provides recommendations to inform planning and assist in the implementation of the Scottish Service Model for Chronic Pain.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-05614 on 9 March 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-09292 on 11 September 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

The recently published Benchmarking report on the provision of chronic pain services shows that 75% of the adult population now have access to pain management programmes. There are a small number of boards which do not currently have PMP’s in place.

The National Chronic Pain Steering Group is working with Boards to assist in the planning and development of services and encouraging Boards to work with stakeholders to provide services that meet the needs of their resident populations. This includes consideration of services provided by voluntary organisations, such as the self management courses run by the Pain Association Scotland.