Investigation of Headache or Suspected Brain Tumour Pathway

Target Audience and Patient Group

TARGET AUDIENCE	NHSL Primary Care
PATIENT GROUP	Adult Patients in NHS Lanarkshire

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Governance Information

Lead Author(s):	Dr Jordan Kelly (GP Lead for Cancer)
Endorsing Body:	CGGEG
Version Number:	1.0
Approval date:	05/06/2026
Review Date:	05/06/2029
Responsible Person (if different from lead author)

CONSULTATION AND DISTRIBUTION RECORD

Contributing Author/Authors:

Dr Jennifer Gibson

GP Cancer Lead, Radiology Consultants, FNC+ Clinical Lead, Medical Director, Clinical RCDS Lead, GP Subcommittee

Consultation Process/Stakeholders:

GP Cancer Lead, Radiology Consultants, FNC+ Clinical Lead, Medical Director, Clinical RCDS Lead, GP Subcommittee, NHS Lanarkshire Primary and Secondary Care Cancer InterfaceGroup

Distribution

CHANGE RECORD

Date	Lead Author	Change	Version No.
		e.g. Review, revise and update of policy in line with contemporary professional structures and practice	1
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Last reviewed: 05/06/2026

Next review date: 05/06/2029

Author(s): NHSL.

Version: 1.0

Reviewer name(s): Jordan Kelly, Jennifer Gibson.

Document Id: June 2026