Headache is one of the commonest reasons for referrals to neurology. Before making a referral for headache, please consult the text below for advice on management, and when, how and whether referral is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Headache where there is a suspicion of brain cancer\/tumour\u00a0(e.g. cognitive changes, Cancer\/HIV, focal signs, LOC..etc)<\/em>, please refer to this page Radiology>\u00a0Brain and Central Nervous System Tumours (incl. Cancers ) (Including Headache PLUS pathway) \u2013 RefHelp<\/a><\/a> M. A & R.D 07-05-25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 6 questions to consider before referral:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Referral via the ‘Chronic Headache’ pathway on SCI gateway is appropriate for patients who been through all the steps above including Atogepant, if chronic migraine for a period of 3 months each at therapeutic doses<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/em>Home – The Migraine Trust<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Headache Relief Guide \u2013 useful resource especially for younger people <\/em>Home | Headache Relief Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Headache is one of the commonest reasons for referrals to neurology. Before making a referral for headache, please consult the text below for advice on management, and when, how and whether referral is required. For Headache where there is a suspicion of brain cancer\/tumour (e.g. cognitive changes, Cancer\/HIV, focal signs, LOC..etc), please refer to this page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4173,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[430],"class_list":["post-3989","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-headache"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":" Headache<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Headache is one of the commonest reasons for referrals to neurology. Before making a referral for headache, please consult the text below for advice on management, and when, how and whether referral is required. For Headache where there is a suspicion of brain cancer\/tumour (e.g. cognitive changes, Cancer\/HIV, focal signs, LOC..etc), please refer to this page","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3989"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26545,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3989\/revisions\/26545"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Referral to Neurology for chronic headache – local guidance<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Pathway Information<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Referral to Neurology<\/h4>\n\n\n\n