Cancer pain management in Lanarkshire: a communitybased audit

Abstract

The audit demonstrated that it is possible to engage primary care teams in a continuing audit of cancer pain management, which is achievable within the context of normal care. It provided a means to collect and analyse serial data on pain level and pain management and to identify areas of prescribing in need of improvement. Concerted efforts to establish the legitimacy and relevance of the project in the eyes of key stakeholders proved fundamental to encouraging longer-term behavioural change in the management of cancer pain.