Health
Coronavirus in Scotland: Patients ‘forced’ to travel south for chronic pain relief – BBC News
A lack of chronic pain relief services in Scotland leads some patients to seek private care in England.
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Nan Black said her son Davie finds the journey for treatment “extremely difficult”
Patients with chronic pain in Scotland say they are being forced to travel in agony for costly treatment in England because they can’t access it here.
Pain relief services were put on hold four months ago to ready the NHS for the Covid-19 response.
Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has said she is committed to resuming the full range of pain services as soon as it is safe to do so.
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