Provision of Community Chronic Pain Services Across Leeds

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NHS Leeds CCG awarded a contract to Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust for the provision of Community Chronic Pain Services across the city of Leeds, valued at AUD 3,250,000.

The service model focused on shifting care from hospital settings into the community, aiming to bring high-quality personalized health services closer to patients, enable earlier assessment and management to prevent worsening of symptoms, and identify patients needing specialist interventions for timely referral to hospital providers.

The service sought to ensure shorter waiting times, increased patient involvement in pain management planning, and improved patient-reported outcomes including reduced pain impact, increased confidence, and reduced impairment.

Key aims included placing patients on active personal pain management plans earlier, working integratedly with local secondary care specialist pain management services per the Leeds Chronic Pain Pathway, providing evidence-based treatments, supporting GP practices to manage care in primary care where possible, and offering patients choice of locations and appointment times for equitable access.