Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland at which clinics sufferers of chronic pain can be treated within the national health service; what is the extent of funding for treatment of chronic pain; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HanleyTreatment for sufferers of chronic pain is provided at out-patient clinics in the following hospitals in Northern Ireland:
Eastern Board: Belfast City, Royal Victoria, Musgrave, Ulster, Mater, Bangor. Nothern Board: Waveney, Coleraine, Whiteabbey. Western Board: Altnagelvin. Southern Board: Craigavon, South Tyrone. A clinic is also provided for outpatients on a weekly basis at the Queens university department of anaesthesia and there is a clinic for in-patients at the Belfast city hospital. Information about the extent of funding for the pain relief service is not held centrally.