Royal College of GPs announce chronic pain as clinical priority

The Royal College of GPs has announced that chronic pain will be one of its four clinical priorities for 2011 - 2013.
 

The CPPC is pleased by this decision which was instigated by CPPC Executive Committee member and Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners’ Pain Committee, Dr Martin Johnson.
 

This decision will raise the profile of pain management in primary care – which is an important step to ensuring that GPs are best able to diagnose and treat pain. With the majority of chronic pain cases being treated by GPs, this decision is great news for patients.
 

The Royal College of GPs will now begin the process of developing a remit for the three-year programme of work and the recruitment of a clinical champion for chronic pain will begin in Autumn 2010.

 

Prof Paul Watson talks about the cost of not treating chronic pain from Policy Connect on Vimeo.