Management of chronic pain in children and young people: summary

A summary of the available evidence, combined with a consensus group agreement on key recommendations and suggested patient pathways.


Appendix 1: Development of the Guideline

The Guideline Development Group

Professor Lesley
Colvin
(Chair)
Consultant/Honorary
Professor in
Anaesthesia and Pain
Medicine
University of
Edinburgh

NHS Lothian
Dr Mary Rose
(Co-Chair)
Consultant in
Paediatric
Anaesthesia and Pain
Medicine
NHS Lothian
Ms Pauline Beirne Educational Projects
Manager (Child
Health)
NHS Education for
Scotland
Ms Katherine Berlouis Research Assistant in
Chronic Pain
University of Dundee
Dr Ross Fairgrieve Consultant in
Paediatric
Anaesthesia and Pain
Management
NHS Greater Glasgow
and Clyde
Dr Peter Fowlie Consultant
Paediatrician
NHS Tayside
Dr Stephen Gilbert Consultant in
Anaesthesia and Pain
Medicine
Townsville Hospital,
Queensland, Australia
Dr John Goddard Consultant in
Paediatric Pain
Medicine
Sheffield Children’s
Hospital
Ms Heather Harrison Education
Development
Pharmacist

Senior Prescribing
Advisor
NHS Education for
Scotland (Pharmacy)

NHS Greater Glasgow
and Clyde
Ms Dawn Houston Highly Specialist
Physiotherapist
Kids Physio Scotland
Ltd
Dr James Lemon Consultant Clinical
Psychologist
NHS Dumfries and
Galloway
Dr Stewart MacLeod ‎Consultant Paediatric
Neurologist
NHS Greater Glasgow
and Clyde
Dr Kevin McCarthy Consultant in
Paediatric
Anaesthesia and Pain
Medicine
Our Lady's Children's
Hospital,
Trinity College, Dublin
Ms Erin McGuigan Patient
Representative
Ms Pierette Melville Highly Specialist
Paediatric
Physiotherapist
NHS Fife
Dr Tony Moores Consultant in
Paediatric
Anaesthesia and Pain
Management
NHS Greater Glasgow
and Clyde
Ms Cara Richardson Research Assistant
in Chronic Pain
University of Dundee
Ms Mandy Sim Clinical Nurse
Specialist, Pain
Management
NHS Lothian
Ms Ailsa Stein Programme Manager Scottish
Intercollegiate
Guidelines Network
Dr Ewan Wallace Consultant in
Paediatric
Anaesthesia and Pain
Medicine
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Ms Carolyn Wesson Consultant Clinical
Psychologist
NHS Lothian
Dr Graham Wilson Consultant in
Paediatric
Anaesthesia and Pain
Medicine
NHS Grampian
Professor George
Youngson
Emeritus
Professor, Paediatric
Surgery
University of
Aberdeen
Ms Diane Dempster
(Secretariat)
Business and Policy
Support Officer
Scottish Government

Collaborators

Dr Paul A. Cameron National Chronic Pain
Coordinator/Acting
National Lead
Clinician/Lead
Advanced Practice
Physiotherapist
NHS Fife
Professor Blair H. Smith Professor and Clinical
Director, Division of
Population Health
Sciences

Consultant in Pain
Medicine

National Lead
Clinician for Chronic
Pain
University of Dundee

NHS Tayside

Scottish Government

Organisations Invited to Comment

Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, UK

Faculty of Pain Medicine

Action for Sick Children Scotland

Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

Paediatric Psychology Network (British Psychological Society)

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Reviewers

Dr Line Caes Lecturer in Psychology University of Stirling
Dr Amanda C de C Williams Reader in Clinical Health Psychology University College London
Professor Tim Eden Emeritus Professor of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology University of Manchester
Dr Emma Fisher Research Fellow Seattle Children’s Research Institute

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