National Headache Pathway

The National Headache Pathway has been developed to aid the assessment, diagnosis and management of common primary headache disorders and give guidance on when to consider secondary headache disorders.

Patients with headache disorders access care across NHS Scotland. This pathway is intended to be relevant to those working across primary care including community pharmacy and general practice and those working across secondary care including emergency care, acute/general medicine and neurology.

The National Headache Pathway is split into sections to allow quick and easy access to information. Click on the links in the table below to access the specific pathway element.