Chronic Pain Service Improvement –– Progress Monitoring Template
Name Organisation
NHS Forth Valley Chronic Pain Service Improvement Group
Reporter
Linda Frydrychova
Date of report
22 May 2014
Part one
- Key Achievements and Risks
Key achievements
The following workstreams have been set up:
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Pathways Workstream (October 2013)
Multidisciplinary Training (January 2014)
Self Management Workstream (January 2014)
Web resource Workstream (January 2014)
Patient Subgroup (April 2014)
Please see part 2 for actions completed and work underway.
Key risks to implementation – please include steps taken to mediate the risk
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While Forth Valley residents have access to Pain Association (PAS) self-management courses, there is currently no Pain
Management Programme which would offer a more intensive, bespoke service and would be crucial to the full implementation of
the Scottish Service Model for Chronic Pain and to the success of MSK redesign. The Forth Valley SIG intends to scope out the
resources required and the associated risks and benefits. Attention will be given to sustainability of any programme after the
end of the funding period and to securing ongoing resources to maintain any other new services which have been introduced.
Part two
- Progress against actions to implement the Scottish service model/ Board workplan
Action
Lead / contact
Progress
Timescale /
Key milestone
Develop multidisciplinary
training
Jenny Drinkell – Multidisciplinary
Training Workstream
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April 2014
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Pain Team
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Agreement to offer the
Lothian model to AHPs
(train the trainers model)
SIGN guideline 136
information evening held by
Pain Team for colleagues in
primary care and
community
Planning use of protected
learning time for uni- and
multidisciplinary training
PAS courses approved until
March 2016
Shortlist of recommended
resources being compiled
Promote use of Forth Valley
Pain Toolkit, My Support
Plan; also use of The Back
Book.
Assist with national chronic
pain website via national
subgroup
Expanding positively evaluated local resources
and ensuring links to
external sites
Working on search
optimisation
An ideal pathway has been
designed with input from all
sectors and patients.
October 2013 – January 2014
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Not all staff trained in
diagnosis and treatment of
chronic pain in all sectors
Earlier diagnosis
Staff lack confidence to
deal with patients with
chronic pain
Promote patient access to self
management tools
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Clare Ballance – Self
Management Workstream
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Improve signposting and access
to web-based resources
Chris Wright – Web Resource
Workstream
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Patient Pathway
Roslyn Grant – Pathways
Workstream
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May 2014
Approval agreed in March 2014
Currently being compiled
Ongoing
From May 2014
RAG Status