Internal Reference Number: FOI_8634
Date Request Received: 09/05/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 05/06/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: chronic pain waiting list
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: Does your trust provide a chronic pain service? (Yes/No) If no, this is the end of our request. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to Q1,2,3,4 and 6 attached. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI_8634 - Chronic pain waiting list.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: If yes, and the service is consultant-led, please provide: Please confirm that the Trust submits RTT data for this service (yes/no) | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see attached | |
| Question Number 3: Please confirm that the Trust submits WLMDS data for this service (yes/no) | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see attached | |
| Question Number 4: Please supply the Trust鈥檚 RTT submission for every month between April 2024 and April 2025 (inclusive), but please only show data for TFC 191 - Pain Management. This data is available in the public domain but it is supplied aggregated with other specialities in category: 鈥榅02 - Other - Medical Services鈥�. We are requesting it be disaggregated from this category. Please share this in the format that you have it. | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see attached | |
| Question Number 5: Only if the data requested in #4 is unavailable, please provide the data requested in 5a-e for every month between April 2024 and April 2025: a. The number of people on the waiting list, as of the first day of the month b. The average waiting time in weeks c. The distribution of waiting times, as of the first day of the month (see suggested breakdown in the attached spreadsheet) d. Number of clock starts during the month e. Number of clock stops during the month for treatment, broken down by reason f. Number of clock stops during the month for non-treatment, broken down by reason | |
| Answer To Question 5: Not applicable | |
| Question Number 6: The average time between clock start and an interventional pain procedure being performed, in weeks | |
| Answer To Question 6: Please see attached | |
| Question Number 7: Please provide the Trust definitions used for Pain Management services for: a. Clock starts (e.g. referral received, referral received and validated, etc.) b. Clock stops for treatment (e.g. first appointment, advice given, information provided, etc.) c. Clock stops for non-treatment (please provide breakdown) | |
| Answer To Question 7: A - Clock starts when referral is initially received at the service and put onto Lorenzo. B - Clock stops on first appointment with a member of the team. C - Clock stops for non-treatment if patient DNAs and does not contact or if they do not return their pre-admission questionnaire within 1 month. | |
| Question Number 8: If yes, and the service is not consultant-led, please provide: What is the clinician's role who holds overall clinical responsibility, including governance, outcomes and quality, for the service (e.g. specialist nurse, clinical psychologist, other)? We are requesting the person鈥檚 position rather than any personal information. | |
| Answer To Question 8: 'Yes the service is consultant led' | |
| Question Number 9: 9. Does the service provide interventional pain procedures, such as injections? (Yes/No) a. If yes, please provide the clinician's role that performs them (e.g. consultant in pain medicine)? We are requesting the person鈥檚 position rather than any personal information. b. If no, where do you refer patients requiring interventional pain procedures to? | |
| Answer To Question 9: Yes consultant in pain medicine. | |
| Question Number 10: 10. Please provide the following data for the non-consultant-led Pain Management service for every month between April 2024 and April 2025 (inclusive): a. The number of people on the waiting list at the first day of the month b. The average waiting time in weeks c. The distribution of waiting times, as of the first day of the month (see suggested breakdown in the attached spreadsheet) d. The number of new referrals during the month e. The number of patients who started treatment during the month (i.e. had their first appointment) f. The number of patients discharged without treatment (i.e. rejected referrals) | |
| Answer To Question 10: Not applicable | |
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