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Affa Sair, Moray's Chronic Pain Support Group

  • Submitted by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2016
  • Motion reference: S5M-00902

That the Parliament recognises the great efforts made by the Affa Sair patient support group based in Moray for those with chronic pain; understands that Affa Sair was established as a Facebook group in April 2015 by Chris Bridgeford from Forres, who has himself had chronic pain for nearly 40 years; believes that the group has in a very short time increased its membership from single figures to several hundreds; congratulates the group on successfully campaigning for chronic pain services to be re-established at Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin; notes that the group has made excellent use of social media outlets such as Facebook and twitter to counter the problems of isolation felt by many patients by allowing those not able to attend meetings to participate in forums and online chat with others with the condition; further notes that the regular monthly meetings held by the group include guest speakers who give talks on topics designed to help enhance the health and wellbeing of the members, and wishes the group continued success in working toward achieving charitable status while continuing to support local people in Moray who live with chronic pain.


Supported by: Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Jackson Carlaw, Peter Chapman, John Finnie, Kate Forbes, Maurice Golden, Jamie Greene, Alison Harris, Liam Kerr, John Lamont, Gordon Lindhurst, Richard Lochhead, Richard Lyle, Ivan McKee, Margaret Mitchell, Oliver Mundell, Gail Ross, Liz Smith, Stewart Stevenson, Alexander Stewart, David Stewart, Maree Todd, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle