“Italy has had Law 38 in force since 2010 with provisions to guarantee access to palliative and pain care for people with chronic pathology. We can do a lot for the implementation of the standard and one of the areas on which we have taken the task of starting work is to let people know that it exists ”. Thus Enrica Tornielli, Pharmaceutical Affairs Head of Sandoz Italia, speaking on the webinar “Chronic pain. Why not give up ”, the digital talk of the“ Health Choices ”series promoted by Sandoz and broadcast live on the Adnkronos web channels.
According to a recent Emg Different survey, only 31% of respondents know of the existence of a rule that establishes the right not to suffer. On the law, “recently – explained Tornielli – a parliamentary survey was carried out, with various stakeholders, which highlighted how an implementation is necessary” to overcome discrepancies that still exist in different regions and territories, guarantee training of health personnel and carrying out information programs aimed at citizens.
The EMG survey reveals that 78% of the sample believe that information on chronic pain is very important. “We as a company are involved – says Tornielli -. It is important that patients have access to medical information for awareness of the disease and treatments. Training of health personnel is also needed ”.
The survey also reveals that, for half of the sample, the main channel of information is the doctor. “It is correct”, Tornielli underlines, observing however that the information to promote culture on the subject “could be entrusted to more transversal channels”. People, he adds, “must know that it is a disease that is treatable in most cases, that there are different types of chronic pain and centers that gather all the skills for its treatment. This type of information must be very much requested ”.
With this approach, last year, the company promoted an initiative that involved the stakeholders from which it was born ‘the Manifesto on pain’ which contains proposals for better patient management. “Among the proposals identified – explains Tornielli – there are: a better collection of patient data to favor an information network to support clinicians; the definition of a continuous and updated training program for medical staff and the promotion of a culture on chronic pain with wide-ranging events “. The invitation is therefore “not to resign because the scientific societies and patient associations have shared the areas on which to work together and there is a commitment on the part of all those involved” he concludes.
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