§ Dr. IddonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether all NHS hospitals have in place policies for the assessment and management of pain. [80112]
§ Mr. LammyWhile the Department does not collect information on this issue centrally, we do know from the Clinical Standards Advisory Group report, published in April 2000, that acute pain services were available in 220 out of 250 national health service trusts throughout the United Kingdom, and that in addition, local pain guidelines had been widely developed.