10 MILLION PEOPLE IN PAIN ACROSS THE UK
NATIONAL ROADSHOW BRINGS “STREET CONSULTATIONS” TO WHERE YOU ARE
Chronic pain is one of the most common reasons for a patient to visit a GP and one in three households in the UK have someone in pain at any one time.
To support people in pain, their carers, friends and family a national “tour” is visiting cities across the UK, providing information and on-site advice sessions with healthcare professionals.
Doctors comment that they see a lot of patients with chronic pain but it’s a complex condition to manage. It is not easily measured unlike blood pressure for example but early intervention is essential to aid recovery and prevent long-term disability.
Chronic pain has many causes, including: disease of the nervous system or injury (“neuropathic” and “nociceptive” pain), arthritis (responsible for almost 50% of chronic pain)and fractures that do not properly heal. The Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, recently acknowledged the impact pain is having on public health in his annual report, in which pain featured as one of six key areas needing urgent intervention to improve the lives of the UK population. Patients know that identifying the type of pain they live with and being able to talk about it in a way that makes their GP and those around them understand what they are going through is a big step in beating their condition. You need to properly describe the pain you are in to get the right diagnosis and the right treatment, and this “Can you feel my pain?” educational initiative sets out to help people do this.
That is why Pfizer is supporting the Can You Feel My Pain? Roadshow
The Can You Feel My Pain? Roadshow is visiting cities across the UK, providing information and on-site advice sessions with healthcare professionals and patient groups including, BackCare, Action on Pain, Pain Concern, Trim and NRAS.
Thursday 21st May & Friday 22nd May: Newcastle, Metro Centre
Friday 29th May: London, Lakeside Shopping Centre
Thursday 4th June & Friday 5th June: Birmingham, Bullring
Friday 12th June & Saturday 13th June: Poole, Dolphin Shopping Centre
Thursday 18th June: Manchester, Wythenshawe Forum
Saturday 20th June: Stockport, Merseyway Shopping Centre
Wednesday 24th June: Cardiff, St. David's Shopping Centre
Saturday 27th June: Edinburgh, Gyle Shopping Centre
Thursday 2nd July: Dundee, Overgate Shopping Centre
Saturday 4th July: Stirling, The Thistles Shopping Centre
Thursday 9th July: Aberdeen, The Mall
Saturday 11th July: Glasgow, Braehead Shopping Centre
July (date tbc) Enfield, Palace Gardens Shopping Centre
Pfizer want to reach as many people as possible and so further dates and locations will be added to the roadshow tour later in 2009.
For more information, please contact:
Hatty Bates or Madeleine Nelson Press Office
Just:: Health PR Pfizer Ltd.
Tel: 020 8877 8402 or 020 8877 8409 Tel: 0845 300 8033
Email: Hatty@justhealthpr.com
pressofficeUK@pfizer.com
Madeleine@justhealthpr.com
NATIONAL ROADSHOW BRINGS “STREET CONSULTATIONS” TO WHERE YOU ARE
Chronic pain is one of the most common reasons for a patient to visit a GP and one in three households in the UK have someone in pain at any one time.
To support people in pain, their carers, friends and family a national “tour” is visiting cities across the UK, providing information and on-site advice sessions with healthcare professionals.
Doctors comment that they see a lot of patients with chronic pain but it’s a complex condition to manage. It is not easily measured unlike blood pressure for example but early intervention is essential to aid recovery and prevent long-term disability.
Chronic pain has many causes, including: disease of the nervous system or injury (“neuropathic” and “nociceptive” pain), arthritis (responsible for almost 50% of chronic pain)and fractures that do not properly heal. The Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, recently acknowledged the impact pain is having on public health in his annual report, in which pain featured as one of six key areas needing urgent intervention to improve the lives of the UK population. Patients know that identifying the type of pain they live with and being able to talk about it in a way that makes their GP and those around them understand what they are going through is a big step in beating their condition. You need to properly describe the pain you are in to get the right diagnosis and the right treatment, and this “Can you feel my pain?” educational initiative sets out to help people do this.
That is why Pfizer is supporting the Can You Feel My Pain? Roadshow
The Can You Feel My Pain? Roadshow is visiting cities across the UK, providing information and on-site advice sessions with healthcare professionals and patient groups including, BackCare, Action on Pain, Pain Concern, Trim and NRAS.
Thursday 21st May & Friday 22nd May: Newcastle, Metro Centre
Friday 29th May: London, Lakeside Shopping Centre
Thursday 4th June & Friday 5th June: Birmingham, Bullring
Friday 12th June & Saturday 13th June: Poole, Dolphin Shopping Centre
Thursday 18th June: Manchester, Wythenshawe Forum
Saturday 20th June: Stockport, Merseyway Shopping Centre
Wednesday 24th June: Cardiff, St. David's Shopping Centre
Saturday 27th June: Edinburgh, Gyle Shopping Centre
Thursday 2nd July: Dundee, Overgate Shopping Centre
Saturday 4th July: Stirling, The Thistles Shopping Centre
Thursday 9th July: Aberdeen, The Mall
Saturday 11th July: Glasgow, Braehead Shopping Centre
July (date tbc) Enfield, Palace Gardens Shopping Centre
Pfizer want to reach as many people as possible and so further dates and locations will be added to the roadshow tour later in 2009.
For more information, please contact:
Hatty Bates or Madeleine Nelson Press Office
Just:: Health PR Pfizer Ltd.
Tel: 020 8877 8402 or 020 8877 8409 Tel: 0845 300 8033
Email: Hatty@justhealthpr.com
pressofficeUK@pfizer.com
Madeleine@justhealthpr.com
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