Scottish Government appoints Lead Clinician for Chronic Pain
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009Great news.
During an event organised by the Cross-Party Group for Chronic Pain last night, the Scottish Government announced that Dr Pete McKenzie - a member of the Group - will be the Lead Clinician for Chronic Pain.
This appointment truly reflects this government’s commitment to enhance its services for pain sufferers and act on the many recommendations published in reports throughout a period of many years.
Dr McKenzie will spearhead efforts to develop services for the estimated 800,000 adults who suffer from chronic pain in Scotland.
Now that main stream pain management is being taken care of, we need to accelerate Intlife’s campaign to provide all pain sufferers with equal choice and access to drug-free pain management and treatment.
To support this cause, visit www.intlife.org and Intlife’s ‘Cause’ on Facebook on http://apps.facebook.com/causes/273352?m=3124eff7 (the name of the cause is ‘Equal access to drug-free pain management and treatment (Intlife)’
Links:
- ‘Taking the lead in chronic pain‘ (Scottish Parliament’s website)
- Cross-Party Group on Chronic Pain (Scottish Parliament)