Chronic Pain Policy Coalition

CPPC makes a submission to the Improving Lives Greenpaper

At the end of last year, the CPPC held a roundtable at the Royal Overseas League, chaired by Lord Luce. The aim of the roundtable was to feedback to representatives from the Department of Health and Department of Work and Pensions about the Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability Green Paper.

The deadline for submissions to the consultation was the 17th February. 

Parliamentary Pain Event: Patient Survey Results Published

The Chronic Pain Policy Coalition and the All-Party Parliamentary Health Group held an event in Parliament on the 7th December to discuss pain management in primary care. 

Peter Dowd MP chaired the event alongside CPPC Parliamentary Champions, John Cryer MP and Lord Luce and a variety of high-level speakers from across the pain spectrum, which included Dr Martin Johnson, co-chair of the CPPC. The event saw results published from a new survey made possible by talkhealth.

Please click below for more information about the results of the survey and the pain event as a whole. 

John Cryer MP tables EDM on Chronic Pain and Opioid Painkillers

John Cryer MP has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) on chronic pain and opioid painkiller addiction. The CPPC has been working with John Cryer MP for the past few months to work on issues that exist for people living with chronic pain. One of the key issues raised is over-the-counter and prescription painkiller addiction. To read the full text of the EDM, please click below. 

Watch and Read the Lord Luce Debate

On the 19th October 2016, Lord Luce held a debate in the House of Lords on the Fit for Work scheme and chronic pain. Watch Lord Luce' opening speech, other contributions and the response from Lord Freud. 

Click below for more information. 

CPPC Co-Chair, Neil Betteridge, reflects of the 1st EFIC Topical Symposium

Neil Betteridge, Co-Chair of the CPPC, attended the 1st EFIC Topical Symposium: Acute and Chronic Joint Pain, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 21-23 September 2016. 

To read his reflections on the symposium, please click below.

Evidence is published that supports CPPC campaign for annual check for chronic pain patients

Yesterday marked Opioid Painkiller Addiction Awareness Day (OPAAD) with the CPPC drawing attention to statistics released last year at the launch of OPAAD, which revealed 1 in 6 UK adults were concerned with the amount of opioid painkillers they were taking. New research has now estimated that 2 out 5 people in the UK do not follow national guidelines that suggest adults should restrict the use of over-the-counter opioid painkillers due to risk of addiction. The CPPC has been working closely with a number of Parliamentarians, including Lord Luce and John Cryer MP, to help drive forward awareness raising and campaigning for an annual pain assessment/pain medication review of chronic pain patients in Primary Care.

Opioid Painkiller Addiction Awareness Day

On this day last year new survey data estimated that nearly one in ten survey respondents believed they could be or could have been addicted to opioid painkillers. This research coincided with the launch of Opioid Painkiller Addiction Awareness Day (OPAAD), which aims to raise awareness about the potential for patients to become addicted to painkillers and the consequences of addiction. The CPPC and other organisations are campaigning for every patient on opioid-based pain relief to have, as a minimum, an annual pain assessment / pain medication review of chronic pain patients (in Primary Care or other care setting). 

For more information, please click below. 

What about me?

Are you a patient suffering with chronic pain?

The CPPC believes that every patient should have the very best resources made available to them.

We have a decicated part of our website aimed at supporting you, the chronic pain patient. Our "What about me?" page holds a variety of resources to help empower you, provide advice and give support when you need it. 

New Pain Alliance Europe Survey for Patients

The charity members of Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) are inviting people with chronic pain or their carers to fill in this short survey on the cause of their pain and its severity – and the various places where they have received or are receiving their treatment. PAE will then create a report comparing the pain patients’ experiences in different countries that can help make politicians and policy makers be more aware of the important issue of chronic pain.