Community Chronic Pain Service

Overview  HCCG is procuring a Community Chronic Pain Service as part of the CCG’s Transformation Agenda and the NHS’s Out of Hospital Agenda.  A review of the secondary care service model for pain concluded that it is unsustainable, because increasing numbers of patients are being referred to secondary care.  An extensive consultation was also conducted to understand patient experiences of using pain services. Patients generally had positive experiences once seen by a pain specialist. However, HCCC hav...