Cost of Chronic Pain in the UK

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Sabrina Khaloon

Dear NHS Kent and Medway 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, Kmccg (NHS KENT AND MEDWAY CCG), NHS Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group

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FOI (NHS NEL CSU), NHS Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group

Dear Dr Viaris De Lesegno

RE: Freedom of Information Request

I am writing to formally acknowledge your request for information regarding Cost of Chronic Pain in the UK, which will be processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm your request was received on 22 June 2021 by NEL on behalf of the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) listed below. The references for your requests are shown alongside.

FOI.21.KAM088 NHS Kent and Medway CCG

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TANTON, Susan (NHS NEL CSU), NHS Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group

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Dear Dr Viaris De Lesengo and Ms Khaloon

 

Re: Response to Freedom of Information request

                                                                                                            

Please find attached the response to your Freedom of Information request
on behalf of NHS Kent and Medway CCG.

 

Kind regards

 

Freedom of Information Team
NEL
[1][email address

 

Lower Marsh, 3^rd Floor
Waterloo, London, SE1 7NT

  

[2]www.nelcsu.nhs.uk 

[3]@NELCSU 

[4]LinkedIn 

 

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