Wessex Opioid and Pain Leaflet – Why does my GP want to reduce my pain Killers?

Primary Care Network Opioid Checklists

These checklists have been developed by the Wessex Opioid Group. The aim behind the checklists is to provide Primary Care Networks with a starting place to discuss what they have, and don’t have, in place to provide safer management and prescribing of opioids for their patients with chronic, non-cancer pain.

• PCN Opioid Checklist – Opioid-Naïve patients
• PCN Opioid Checklist – Opioid Exposed

Also refer to the document entitled: Support for clinicians managing patients who are reluctant to engage with reducing their opioid prescription