CHRONIC PAIN POLICY COALITION REPORT AND 5th VITAL SIGN CAMPAIGN

Early day motion 1741, tabled 20 June 2007 by Patrick Hall (Labour). Signed by 110 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Labour 57, Liberal Democrat 27, Conservative 19, DUP 2, Independent 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, UUP 1.