Scottish Government Debate: Improving Care and Services for People with Chronic Pain

As an amendment to motion S6M-06779 in the name of Humza Yousaf (Improving Care and Services for People with Chronic Pain), leave out from “welcomes” to end and insert “commends the Cross Party Group on Chronic Pain for its work; notes that the publication of the Framework for Pain Management Service Delivery - Implementation Plan does not outline the "implementation" or explain how patients will access services or any detail on staffing, investment or involvement of patients; further notes with concern that chronic pain patients often have mental health problems and are at a higher risk of suicide, and calls on NHS Scotland to develop access to new specialist services with the potential provision of new one-stop injections and infusions regional clinics to help reduce waiting times and improve follow-up appointments for patients.”