Pain
(asked on 23rd February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will produce quality standards based on the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network regarding the management of chronic pain.
This question was answered on 3rd March 2016
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised that it has been asked to develop a quality standard on pain management in young people and adults.
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network guideline 136 on the management of pain has been identified as a possible development source alongside existing NICE guidance on pain management.