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In the last few years, many initiatives – both Institutional and grass-root ones – have been focusing on the patients’ right to avoid unnecessary suffering and chronic pain. At EU level, the EU Parliamentary Interest Group “Brain, Mind, Pain” is working hard to strengthen awareness and spread knowledge of this phenomenon at institutional level. The MEP Interest Group “European Patients’ Rights & Cross-Border Healthcare” also devoted its most recent meeting to the topic of the degree of patient’s pain, which was related to the implementation of the EU Directive on cross-border healthcare.

At non-institutional level, there are increasing activities to raise awareness on the topic, research and projects all conducted at national and EU level. This is a new way of operating that the statement “Making the invisible visible” explains well, and which was not by chance also the headline of an event promoted by Active Citizenship Network (ACN) at the European Economic and Social Committee on 2 October 2014 in Brussels, during the Italian EU Semester of Presidency. The event was the final act of a research-project carried out at European level with the aim to give evidence of existing good practices in several European countries in terms of struggle against pain. To give continuity to this initiative and to contribute to make the invisible visible on chronic pain, ACN is launching in 2016 the project ”EU Civic Prize on Chronic Pain - Collecting good practices”, realized with the financial and non-financial support of Grünenthal and Pfizer. This is the only European Prizes of this kind led by citizens. The “European Civic Prize on Chronic Pain” will demonstrate what different healthcare stakeholders (patients’ associations, health professionals, private and public hospitals, universities, Institutions, etc.) can offer in terms of good practices and experiences, useful in raising awareness about the phenomenon, enhancing the body of knowledge of positive cases and success, and strengthening commitment to this topic. A Jury composed of international experts on chronic pain will choose the winners. The celebration of the Prize, which will take place every two years, will represent the recognition of ongoing excellences. The promoters will be invited to create a network for the benefit of operators of good practices on chronic pain, provide mutual information, advice and practical help. Tell us about your way of working with chronic pain and win!*
 
*the full statement has been published in the “SIP 2016 Abstract & Booklet” distributed during SIP 2016

Mariano Votta, Director, Active Citizenship Network

 

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