Chronic Pain Policy Coalition Report And 5th Vital Sign Campaign

EDM number 1741 in 2006-07, proposed by Patrick Hall on 20/06/2007.

That this House welcomes the Chronic Pain Policy Coalition report; applauds its efforts in bringing together leading patient groups, major professional organisations, key parliamentarians and large United Kingdom employers to share good ideas and best practice; notes the shocking evidence that 7.8 million people in the UK live with chronic pain; further notes that around half of these also develop depression and go on to lose their jobs; supports the Fifth Vital Sign campaign asking that pain be routinely assessed alongside blood pressure, pulse, respiration and temperature; and urges the Government to consider the Five Point Pain Manifesto as an appropriate, forward-looking and cost-effective approach to dealing with this silent epidemic.

This motion has been signed by a total of 112 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.