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Whether you are a patient, health professional, a carer or know someone living with chronic pain, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Here you can sign up for our newsletter and pledge your support to our PAIN [the 5th vital sign] campaign.

We are also seeking individuals to provide patient case studies for us in order to assist with our campaign.

PAIN [the 5th vital sign] is designed to raise awareness and encourage early assessment of pain in order to help improve the prevention, management and treatment of chronic pain in the UK.

While it is common for health service professionals to measure the temperature, blood pressure, respiratory and pulse rates of their patients on a regular basis and at the earliest opportunity, if pain were routinely assessed with the same priority as the other vital signs then a great deal of unnecessary suffering, stress and anxiety could be avoided.

Please sign our PAIN [ the 5th vital sign ] petition today