Cost of Chronic Pain in the UK

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Sabrina Khaloon

Dear NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group,

Please could you kindly provide the information to the following questions:

1) How many consultations are there per year for chronic pain?
2) How many patients per year does that represent?
3) What is the total cost of care per year for Chronic Pain?
4) What is the total cost of medication per year for Chronic Pain?
5) Do you have a secondary care pain unit in the CCG? If so, how many referrals are made to this unit per year?
6) Do you have community pain services? If so, how many consultations are made to these services per year? and what is the cost of care within these services per year?

Yours faithfully,
Dr.Benjamin Viaris De Lesegno and Sabrina Khaloon.

FOI (NHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE CCG), NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group

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Foi (NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT), NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group

1 Attachment

Reference: FOI 39153 GLO 11M

 

 

Dear Dr De Lesegno and Ms Khaloon,

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 21 June
2021 regarding documents and services relating to Chronic Pain.

 

I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of the following
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs):

 

Ÿ  NHS Gloucestershire CCG

 

We will be dealing with your request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 19 July 2021.

 

Dealing with your request:

In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days. You should note however that the
Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent us complying with
either of these duties. We will explain if this is the case and if we
apply the 'public interest test' to our decision.

 

If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.

Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [1]https://ico.org.uk/.

Yours sincerely,

 

Jacqui Grainger | Freedom of Information (FOI) Officer | Information
Governance

NHS South, Central and West

E: [2][email address]  

[3]www.scwcsu.nhs.uk

 

 

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From: Sabrina Khaloon <[4][FOI #766471 email]>

Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2021 6:32:53 PM (UTC+00:00) Dublin, Edinburgh,
Lisbon, London

To: FOI (NHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE CCG)

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Cost of Chronic Pain in the UK

 

Dear NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group,

 

Please could you kindly provide the information to the following
questions:

 

1) How many consultations are there per year for chronic pain?

2) How many patients per year does that represent?

3) What is the total cost of care per year for Chronic Pain?

4) What is the total cost of medication per year for Chronic Pain?

5) Do you have a secondary care pain unit in the CCG? If so, how many
referrals are made to this unit per year?

6) Do you have community pain services? If so, how many consultations are
made to these services per year? and what is the cost of care within these
services per year?

 

Yours faithfully,

Dr.Benjamin Viaris De Lesegno and Sabrina Khaloon.

 

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Foi (NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT), NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group

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Reference: FOI 39153 GLO 11M

 

 

Dear Dr De Lesegno and Ms Khaloon,

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 21 June
2021 regarding documents and services relating to Chronic Pain.

 

Under section 1 (1) (a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I
can confirm that the below CCG does hold some of the information
requested.  Please find attached the response to your request, which is
sent on behalf of the following Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

 

o NHS Gloucestershire CCG

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

Jacqui Grainger | Freedom of Information (FOI) Officer | Information
Governance

NHS South, Central and West

E:[3][email address]

[4]www.scwcsu.nhs.uk

 

 

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From: Foi (NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT)
Sent: 21 June 2021 11:38
To: Sabrina Khaloon <[FOI #766471 email]>
Subject: FOI 39153 GLO 11M - Chronic Pain - FOI Request Ack

 

Reference: FOI 39153 GLO 11M

 

 

Dear Dr De Lesegno and Ms Khaloon,

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 21 June
2021 regarding documents and services relating to Chronic Pain.

 

I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of the following
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs):

 

Ÿ  NHS Gloucestershire CCG

 

We will be dealing with your request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 19 July 2021.

 

Dealing with your request:

In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days. You should note however that the
Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent us complying with
either of these duties. We will explain if this is the case and if we
apply the 'public interest test' to our decision.

 

If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.

Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [5]https://ico.org.uk/.

Yours sincerely,

 

Jacqui Grainger | Freedom of Information (FOI) Officer | Information
Governance

NHS South, Central and West

E: [6][email address]  

[7]www.scwcsu.nhs.uk

 

 

The information in this email may be confidential and is intended solely
for the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any
disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited and may be unlawful.
Please note that the information contained in this email /attachment(s)
may be subject to Public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

 

 

 

 

________________________________________

From: Sabrina Khaloon <[8][FOI #766471 email]>

Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2021 6:32:53 PM (UTC+00:00) Dublin, Edinburgh,
Lisbon, London

To: FOI (NHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE CCG)

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Cost of Chronic Pain in the UK

 

Dear NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group,

 

Please could you kindly provide the information to the following
questions:

 

1) How many consultations are there per year for chronic pain?

2) How many patients per year does that represent?

3) What is the total cost of care per year for Chronic Pain?

4) What is the total cost of medication per year for Chronic Pain?

5) Do you have a secondary care pain unit in the CCG? If so, how many
referrals are made to this unit per year?

6) Do you have community pain services? If so, how many consultations are
made to these services per year? and what is the cost of care within these
services per year?

 

Yours faithfully,

Dr.Benjamin Viaris De Lesegno and Sabrina Khaloon.

 

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[9][FOI #766471 email]

 

Is [10][Gloucestershire CCG request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group? If so,
please contact us using this form:

[11]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/change_re...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[12]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/offi...

 

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latest advice from the ICO:

[13]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/ico-...

 

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

 

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

 

 

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