Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Arising from proceedings at this meeting, I put it to the committee that we should call on the Minister and the HSE to establish a national strategy for chronic pain management similar to other international models. We will also call on them to appoint within the HSE a lead clinical director and a specialty director for pain management. We will call on them to ensure appropriate and adequate resources, funding and personnel, are provided for pain services and to recognise pain management and pain medicine as a clinical specialty within the health service. Is that agreeable to the committee?