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Chronic pain affects around 20% of the adult population in Europe, yet it remains poorly managed and under-treated, affecting not only the patients, but society as a whole. It is time for EU and national authorities to recognise chronic pain as a priority and to ensure better diagnosis, fund research, adapt health insurance and guarantee that Europe’s 80 million sufferers get the treatment they need.
Introduction
In compliance with art. 13 of Law no. 234/2012 on “general regulation on Italian participation in the development and fulfillment of the EU legislation and policies”, the Italian Government, on January 10th 2014 sent to the Italian Parliament the annual programmatic report for 2014 concerning “the Italian participation to the EU”. To what concern health protection, the Government indicated pain therapy and palliative care as areas of potential focus during the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: an aspect that medicine progress makes news of current interest and on which our Country wants to share its own experience with other Member States.
In other words, with the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, July-December 2014, for the first time chronic pain is in the European agenda and, as a consequence, the topic was brought to the attention of all European Health Ministries. All this happened during the Informal Meeting of European Health Ministries that each Presidency of the Council of the European Union organizes during its Semester.
This civic survey is a first attempt in which a widespread coalition of patients and citizen organizationsrepresents the point of view of patients in the European policies on pain.
The first deals primarily withchronic pain and the right not to suffer, the second, more generally, with health policies and the protectionof patients.
This civic survey is a first attempt in which a widespread coalition of patients and citizen organizationsrepresents the point of view of patients in the European policies on pain.
The first deals primarily withchronic pain and the right not to suffer, the second, more generally, with health policies and the protectionof patients.
This civic survey is a first attempt in which a widespread coalition of patients and citizen organizationsrepresents the point of view of patients in the European policies on pain.
The first deals primarily withchronic pain and the right not to suffer, the second, more generally, with health policies and the protectionof patients.
Chronic pain affects around 20% of the adult population in Europe, yet it remains poorly managed and under-treated, affecting not only the patients, but society as a whole. It is time for EU and national authorities to recognise chronic pain as a priority and to ensure better diagnosis, fund research, adapt health insurance and guarantee that Europe’s 80 million sufferers get the treatment they need.
"The role of citizens' organisations in the empowerment of patients with chronic diseases".
8th European Patients’ Rights Day
May 12-13 2014
Brussels
Conference Materials
ACN is looking for Best Practices! The most significant will be published and showed during the next European Patients’ Rights Day (12-13 May Brussels)
Active Citizenship Network (ACN) has decided to gather and share during the 8th celebration of the European Patients' Rights Day 2014 (dedicated to: "The role of citizens' organisations in the empowerment of patients with chronic diseases") the following best practices (BP) of different citizens and patients' organisations, coming from a wide range of EU countries on:
Cittadinanzattiva APS
p.iva: 02142701008
via Imera, 2
00183 Roma
Tel: (+39) 06.36.71.81
Fax: (+39) 06.36.71.83.33
Rue Philippe Le Bon, 46
1000 Brussels - Belgium
