Annette Brooke MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole has added her signature and support to the Can You Feel My Pain? Bill of Rights, calling for improved rights for people living with chronic pain in the UK.
Prompted by the launch of the UK Pain Proposal Report which revealed that nearly half (45%) of the UK's estimated 7.8 million pain sufferers still don't have adequate management of their pain, Annette Brooke MP has thrown her weight behind a campaign for real change.
The UK Pain Proposal Report - launched by Action on Pain, Arthritis Care and Pfizer at the Houses of Parliament - documents the serious inefficiencies in the management of chronic pain within the UK healthcare system, and the deeply distressing impact on the home and working lives of all those it affects.
The report calls for a more joined up approach to the management of chronic pain, and states that simply reallocating resources would not only have a huge impact on the cash-strapped NHS and UK economy but also on the lives of millions of people affected by pain in the UK.
Annette commented "People who are affected with chronic pain find it difficult to do a lot of things I take for granted. We must do everything we can to make sure we help those affected by this condition."
The Can You Feel My Pain? campaign can be accessed at www.action-on-pain.co.uk and www.facebook.com/canyoufeelmypain and the UK Pain Proposal report is available at http://www.arthritiscare.org.uk/PublicationsandResources