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Returning to a nightmare: chronic pain patients raise fears over future of support

Returning to a nightmare: chronic pain patients raise fears over future of support
"Without injections, I face returning to being bedridden and on morphine" says Kirstin Laing, reflecting on the 'daily hell' of her existence, prior to receiving specialist NHS treatment.

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