Lancet Commission: Delivering transformative action in paediatric pain (October 2020)

Summary

Undertreated, unrecognised, or poorly managed pain in young people can have long-lasting negative consequences in later life, including continued chronic pain, disability and distress.

This Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission presents four transformative goals – to make pain matter, understood, visible, and better. It sets out priorities for clinicians, researchers, funders, and policy makers, and calls for cross-sector collaboration to deliver the action needed to improve the lives of children and adolescents with pain.