Migraine hurts: ask your MP to support constituents who live with migraine
Migraine hurts in many ways. From physical pain to the emotional pain that often comes with living with the condition, and the pain of encountering the misconceptions across society about migraine, and yet people living with it still report a lack of support and access to treatment.
This is why The Migraine Trust wants as many MPs as possible to join us at an event in Parliament on Wednesday December 4th between 9am-11am in Terrace Dining Room B, where we will be launching a new toolkit they can use when supporting affected constituents and staff and will provide them with a copy, as well as a briefing and local and social media content so they can show their support and spread awareness. The event is sponsored by Caroline Nokes MP, who has spoken out about her own experiences with migraine, and Dr Simon Opher MP, who has seen many cases of migraine in his work as a GP.
One of the ways you can help us is by writing to your MP and urging them to attend.
The UK elected a new Parliament in July, and more than half of the MPs in this Parliament weren't in the last one, so this may be the first time they will be hearing from constituents about migraine. As MPs, they can:
· Raise migraine care in Parliament and help put it on the Government’s agenda
· Put pressure on local NHS bodies about their plans for patients with migraine
· Highlight what the Government and employers should be doing to enable people with migraine to get the reasonable accommodations they need to work
This is a chance for people who understand the impact of migraine to speak out and highlight to politicians how migraine affects people who live with it, and ask them to support our event as a positive step.
Put in your postcode to find your MP and write to them about making migraine matter. We have a template letter ready for you to send, but if you would be comfortable doing so, you can insert some information about your migraine experience, such as challenges securing treatment or support in work/education, or alternatively the experiences of people you know who are impacted by it. If you get a response, please also let us know at campaigns@migrainetrust.org.
