Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Fund increased access to pain control for chronic patients
Closed
52 signatures
What the petition asks
Untreated pain has a ‘profound impact on quality of life and can have physical, psychological, social, and economic consequences’ (The National Center for Biotechnology Information, April 2013).
Rather than passing patients on to therapy treatments, GPs should either be able to treat chronic pain sufferers medically or refer them on to pain consultants.
NHS pain clinics are typically limited to two treatments per patient, meaning that people with chronic pain might have a better quality of life for a few weeks, only to return to the GP to request a new referral.
Please improve accessibility to pain control medication and pain clinics for patients suffering from chronic pain. Why? To enable chronically ill people to live independently without being disabled by treatable symptoms.
NHS pain clinics are typically limited to two treatments per patient, meaning that people with chronic pain might have a better quality of life for a few weeks, only to return to the GP to request a new referral.
Please improve accessibility to pain control medication and pain clinics for patients suffering from chronic pain. Why? To enable chronically ill people to live independently without being disabled by treatable symptoms.
Timeline
| 11 Sep 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 11 Mar 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
52
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
11 Sep 2020
Closed
11 Mar 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.