{"id":744,"date":"2017-08-07T12:12:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T12:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/?p=744"},"modified":"2017-08-07T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T12:12:10","slug":"orthopaedic-back-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/?p=744","title":{"rendered":"Orthopaedic Back Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>This referral will be vetted by a Specialist Physiotherapist<\/h2>\n<p>Back pain referrals will be vetted by a Lead Extended Scope Practitioner. If there are any RED FLAGS, the referral will be fast tracked to a orthopaedic consultant.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only 1% of Low back Pain requires further investigation<\/li>\n<li>Lumbar spine X-ray is inappropriate in mechanical low back pain and will not be routinely carried out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Should you require further information, please contact Janie Thomson, Lead Extended Scope Practitioner, Musculoskeletal Project, 01355 585447.<\/p>\n<h3>CCI Guidelines<\/h3>\n<p>The CCI Referral Guidelines can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pathways.scot.nhs.uk\/Orthopaedics\/Orthopaedics%20back%2023Sep05.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Back Pain Referral Pathways<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This referral will be vetted by a Specialist Physiotherapist Back pain referrals will be vetted by a Lead Extended Scope Practitioner. If there are any RED FLAGS, the referral will be fast tracked to a orthopaedic consultant. Only 1% of Low back Pain requires further investigation Lumbar spine X-ray is inappropriate in mechanical low back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,11],"tags":[144,132,145,195],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-referrals","category-gp-referrals","tag-back","tag-orthopaedic","tag-pain","tag-spine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":745,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}