Who is providing pain care? Mapping chronic pain services across Scotland using freedom of information requests
We used FOI requests to collect data on chronic pain staffing capacity showing considerable variation across Scotland. There are limitations to this method; it is likely that our findings do not show a complete picture, rather useful insights into activities and provisions of services for pain care across Scotland.
Authors
- Chris Seenan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4379-7913)
- David Blane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621)
- Cassandra Macgregor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8469-4593)
- Sivaramkumar Shanmugam
Institutions
- Glasgow Caledonian University (GB)
- NHS Lanarkshire (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Pain
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/20494637251413581
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00