Guidelines For Health Professionals

Grampian Guidance
http://guidance.nhsg.grampian.scot.nhs.uk
You will find further information and management guidelines for specific persistent pain conditions

Pain Data (www.paindata.org)
You can access a persistent pain manual in various languages on this site along with further specific patient information leaflets.

Chronic Pain Conversation (http://guidance.nhsg.grampian.scot.nhs.uk/sites/Grampian_Guidance/Pages/Chronic%20Pain%20Conversation.aspx)
A useful tool to guide a conversation about chronic pain and enable self-management. This is available at healthpoint; patients can referred for this or can drop in.

Patient Activation Measure for Physiotherapy
this is a guide to the timing of supported self management interventions within Physiotherapy. The guide and supporting documentation available on the NHSG MSK shared drive.

NICE Low back pain Guidelines

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/musculoskeletal-conditions/low-back-pain

SIGN Guideline
www.sign.ac.uk/sign-136-management-of-chronic-pain.html  

NICE Neuropathic Guideline  
www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg173  

BMA Opioid Guideline  
www.bma.org.uk/-/media/files/pdfs/…/analgesics-chronic-pain.pdf?la=en  

CRPS Guidelines 2nd Edition  
www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy/complex-regional-pain-syndrome-adults  

Opioid Advice for patients and health professionals
https://fpm.ac.uk/opioids-aware