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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Pugh (Liberal Democrat), on Friday, 11 February 2011, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 51 members in total.


CHRONIC PAIN SERVICES

That this House welcomes the Patients Association's report, Public Attitudes to Pain; applauds its efforts to bring the issue of chronic pain to the attention of parliamentarians, employers and healthcare professionals; strongly urges that there be established a clear care pathway on chronic pain; welcomes the report's call to ensure patients have access to robust information on pain; further welcomes the report's call for chronic pain to be recognised as a disease in its own right; urges that there be further training for healthcare professionals on the subject of chronic pain; and supports the Patients Association's work to improve access to information for patients.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1450 
Session
2010-12
Other sponsors
Kelvin Hopkins
Andrew Love
Mark Durkan
Rosie Cooper
Virendra Sharma
Subjects
Health services
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk