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date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pain: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that people with chronic pain have access to non-pharmacological interventions as outlined in the NICE guideline on chronic pain.
tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
tabling member printed	Graham Stuart
uin	3508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published its guideline on chronic pain in April 2021 which includes recommendations on how chronic pain can be managed through pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches, such as exercise programmes, acupuncture, and psychological therapy.</p><p>While NICE’s guideline describes best practice and should be taken fully into account in the care and treatment of individual patients, it is not mandatory and does not override a medical practitioner’s clinical judgement.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 25/05/2022 11:26:04 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart

1362564

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pain: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NICE on their guidelines for the treatment of chronic pain.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	61120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>We have had no such discussions. The National Institute for Care and Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinically and cost-effective use of resources. NICE has published a range of guidance on the management of chronic pain, including ‘Chronic pain (primary and secondary) in over 16s: assessment of all chronic pain and management of chronic primary pain’ in April 2021 which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG193" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG193</a></p><p>Healthcare professionals should take the NICE guideline fully into account in the care and treatment of their patients.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/10/2021 14:14:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1133382

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pain: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prescribing mindfulness-based pain management in treating chronic pain.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	266846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. However, self-management approaches, such as mindfulness, may be appropriate for helping people manage the day to day symptoms of living with a long-term condition, such as chronic pain.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is in the process of developing the ‘Chronic Pain: assessment and management’ guideline, which is expected for publication on 19 August 2020. The guideline is looking at range of approaches relevant to the management of chronic pain, including pain self-management programmes and peer-led programmes. The guideline scope document can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/gid-ng10069/documents/final-scope" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/gid-ng10069/documents/final-scope</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 24/06/2019 16:52:29 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1110760

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pain: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations on page 75 of the Faculty of Pain Medicine published in The Core Standards for Pain Management Services and the recommendations on page 8 of the General Medical Council published in Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices, what assessment he has made of the potential benefit to people with chronic pain of receiving an annual review for their pain management services.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	242797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made of the potential benefit to people with chronic pain of receiving an annual review for their pain management services.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst ultimately a matter for local processes and individual clinicians, annual reviews of patients with long term conditions or ongoing medication needs are a routine part of patient care. Annual reviews are also a key feature in guidance on the management of long-term diseases and disorders produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), such as ‘Neuropathic pain in adults’, and in clinical guidance produced by other organisations. NICE is in the process of developing a new clinical guideline ‘Chronic pain: assessment and management’, due for publication in August 2020.</p><p> </p><p>More information about this work can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10069" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10069</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 12/04/2019 14:04:19 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers