Harm caused by Opioid medication is a major cause for concern. NICE guidance recommends that Opioids are unlikely to be suitable for controlling primary chronic pain. A series of resources are available to help support harm reduction.
Accessing the Opioid Population Reporting Searches
Until recently, CDRC’s EMIS Population Reports have been made available to access directly from the CDRC website. However, this has meant that there is no way of ensuring that they are being used appropriately and updated as necessary, representing a risk.
You can still access these reports directly from the CDRC team by emailing contact-cdrc@healthinnovationnenc.org.uk ; a member of the CDRC team will be able to provide access to the required reports and any ongoing support.
We endeavour this to be a short-term solution as CDRC are working on a comprehensive support suite, which in the long-term will benefit GP practices using these resources, by providing a more in depth & ongoing support system.
Population Reporting Guidance:
To view CDRC’s focused Pain Population Reports navigate to the CDRC Quality Pain folder and open the CDRC Quality Pain Focused Reports sub-folder.
Tackling opioid use can feel like an overwhelming issue. The following reports are designed to help divide this work into manageable chunks, starting with the highest risk patients.
