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Provision of multi-disciplinary chronic pain services for those with cancer-related pain is poorly understood.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To identify provision of multi-disciplinary chronic pain services for those with cancer-related pain across England.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Acute\/Hospital and Community NHS Trusts in England (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 190) were sent Freedom of Information requests asking if a multi-disciplinary chronic pain service was provided by the Trust, and numbers of people seen in previous 24 months with (a) tumour-related pain and (b) cancer-related late effects pain or pain caused by cancer treatments. Demographic information was requested. If no response was received within 10 weeks, a follow up request was sent. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In total, 171 NHS Trusts responded. Almost half, (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 74, 43.3%) reported providing a multi-disciplinary chronic pain service. Of these, 17 (23.0%) were able to provide attendance data for people with tumour-related pain and eight (10.8%) with late effects pain. Demographic information could be provided by seven (9.5%) Trusts for those with tumour-related pain and four (5.4%) for late effects pain. The main reason Trusts could not provide demographic information was because such data were not routinely collected.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>People with cancer-related pain appear to have limited access to multi-disciplinary chronic pain support in England. However, lack of standardised methods of coding and recording cancer-related pain as reasons for attending multi-disciplinary chronic pain services mean reporting accurate figures is challenging. 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