Review Log Version Review Reviewed By Changes Required? Changes Approval Date (If yes, please Approved Date summarise) By V0.1 24.4.14 Wiltshire Clinical Yes: CAG Part of Commissioning To differentiate Group, Clinical between & be clear review Advisory Group about those (CAG) injections which are carried out as part of a comprehensive pain management service V0.2 20.5.14. MSK Yes: Part of Part of Questions in respect of radicular review review pain to be clarified V0.3 19.6.14 CAG No changes but Part of Part of question in respect of radicular pain review review unresolved at this point. V0.4 20.6.14 Steve Rowlands & To agree the element Steve 26.6.14 – 26.6.14 Peter Jenkins of the policy that Rowlands & addresses radicular Peter pain via epidural Jenkins injections V2 10.07.14 Wiltshire Clinical Clinical content of Commissioning policy agreed. Group, Quality and Clinical Governance Committee V3 13.11.14 Secondary Care Yes: Quality and 3.3.15 Clinicians from GWH The policy is now Clinical and RUH: more explicit as to Governance Adam Brooks what is Committee (Orthopedic commissioned for Surgeon at non-specific pain, GWH) and what is Lucy Williams commissioned for (Clinical Lead for radicular pain (the Pain Service clarity is provided GWH) by setting out the Clare Damen commissioning (Anaesthetic requirements in Service Manager format, rather Bath RUH) than prose). Mike Coupe The policy now (Consultant explicitly states that WCCG will
Review Log Version Review Date Reviewed By Changes Required? (If yes, please summarise) Changes Approved By Approval Date V0.1 24.4.14 Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Clinical Advisory Group (CAG) Yes: To differentiate between & be clear about those injections which are carried out as part of a comprehensive pain management service CAG Part of review V0.2 20.5.14. MSK Yes: Questions in respect of radicular pain to be clarified Part of review Part of review V0.3 19.6.14 CAG No changes but question in respect of radicular pain unresolved at this point. Part of review Part of review V0.4 20.6.14 – 26.6.14 Steve Rowlands & Peter Jenkins To agree the element of the policy that addresses radicular pain via epidural injections Steve Rowlands & Peter Jenkins 26.6.14 V2 10.07.14 Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Quality and Clinical Governance Committee Clinical content of policy agreed. V3 13.11.14 Secondary Care Clinicians from GWH and RUH: Adam Brooks (Orthopedic Surgeon at GWH) Lucy Williams (Clinical Lead for Pain Service GWH) Clare Damen (Anaesthetic Service Manager Bath RUH) Mike Coupe (Consultant Yes: The policy is now more explicit as to what is commissioned for non-specific pain, and what is commissioned for radicular pain (the clarity is provided by setting out the commissioning requirements in format, rather than prose). The policy now explicitly states that WCCG will Quality and Clinical Governance Committee 3.3.15
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