- FoI Number
- 2023-799
- Subject
- Chronic Pain
- Date Received
- 19/03/2024
- Request and Response
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- Staffing or visiting specialist help for your adult/overall chronic pain services in terms of how many hours weekly or monthly WTE, pain specialists, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, any other staff.
Chronic Pain Consultant 0.4 WTE
- Have your adult pain services had any extra budget money due to the “recovery from Covid” additional finances?
No
Have you sent any adult or child chronic pain patient outside of Shetland - if so, to where?
Yes as per Q3
Also NHS Grampian
- Do you ever send any adult or young chronic patient to the NHS residential pain service in Glasgow -which is free to Boards?
Yes
- Do you get information about this NHS residential service? If not, I can provide.
Yes
- On children with long term pain for any reason, approximately how many in numbers does your pain service see in a year a) inpatient and b) outpatient?
Service not available in Shetland – patients referred to NHS Grampian
- Has there been an increase or decrease in the last five years regarding children?
N/A
- If an increase, please give idea of numbers (or percentage increase) and if any reasons are known.
N/A
- Have you had referrals of children/youths with Long Covid who suffer pain - if so, approximately how many in numbers (or percentage) of all child/young pain patients?
N/A
- Do you have specialist staff and facilities dealing with chronic child pain on one site or do you refer outside your area? If so, to which areas?
No – Refer to other Board
- Do you have an increased budget for long term paediatric pain?
No
- What are your staffing levels for aiding children with chronic/long term pain for any reason on a weekly or monthly basis?
Zero
- Specialist Clinicians WTE hours weekly
Zero
- Other doctors WTE hours
Zero
- Nurses. WTE hours
Zero
- Physiotherapists WTE hours
Zero
- Educational or occupational therapists. WTE hours
Zero
- Any other staff involved. WTE
No
