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Painful instructions
Chronic-pain patients are worried about new guidelines that are re-categorising their conditions and potentially limiting their access to vital treatments, reports RUTH HUNT
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Morning Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER gives an update on the drive to raise £95,000 to see the people’s paper keep fighting the good fight against the rich and powerful
FOR those who suffer from untreated chronic pain it can make every minute and every hour a herculean task to get through. It can trap them inside, isolated and often in bed.
So, when effective pain relief is found, which enables the person to break free from the bedroom-cell, it’s not surprising the thought of it being removed causes anguish.
That explains why there is so much consternation about the recent intervention by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) regarding how the NHS should treat chronic pain, in particular pain that has an unclear cause.
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