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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to consider and where possible implement the 10 points in the colitis charter to improve the treatment and quality of life for the 120,000 ulcerative colitis sufferers in the UK. More details
Submitted by Andrew Garside of Colitis UK – Deadline to sign up by: 26 February 2009 – Signatures: 2,132
We ask that the government consider and if possible implement the following 10 point charter as further detailed on the Colitis UK web site
1) Ulcerative colitis patients should have access to nurse led clinics and a colitis/IBD nurse
2) Ulcerative colitis patients should receive free prescriptions for long term medications
3) Ulcerative Colitis patients should be given access to disabled toilets/RADAR keys
4) Patients with severe ulcerative colitis should be given access to disabled parking
5) Incapacity benefits for people with ulcerative colitis should only be assessed by people with specialist training in the condition
6) Ulcerative colitis patients should be given access to dieticians
7) The NHS and NICE should improve treatment guidelines for ulcerative colitis patients and perform more research into best practice for treatments
8) Improved packaging design and/or dosage boxes should be used to increase medicine adherence
9) Improve objective monitoring of the condition with the use of a standardised daily diary for ulceraitive colitis patients
10) The NHS should introduce the concept of specialist GPs
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