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In this issue:

Issue 83
  • A message from the CEO
  • Painaustralia’s AGM and Annual Report
  • Painaustralia welcomes returning Morrison Government
  • Painaustralia’s founding board member recognised at International Neuromodulation Congress
  • Joint Statement on Opioid Prescribing for Palliative Care
  • SARRAH joins Painaustralia
  • A new prescription for health: Op Ed by Painaustralia Director and Clinical Advisor, A/Prof Dr Malcolm Hogg
  • National Palliative Care Week
  • New sleep medication management resource
  • Pain treatment and Safe Patient Centred Care: CEO Painaustralia for CHF Health Voices
  • Submissions and Policy Updates
  • Out and About
  • In the media
  • Guest Contribution: the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

In the media

Carol Bennett, Painaustralia CEO

Selected media stories featuring Painaustralia including:

Media highlights:

  • Painaustralia CEO Carol Bennett spoke to Georgie Gardner about drug free pain management on the Today Show. buff.ly/2HJVzoW
  • News Daily article: Excruciating nerve condition triggered by noise
  • Mamamia article on Consumer Advisory Group member Jessica  Hirst: "It's like someone's stabbing me in the abdomen." Jess has been in pain since she was 11.
  • Australian Journal of Pharmacy Article: Forced tapering and opioid cessation
  • Starts at 60: Australia’s big problem with chronic pain
  • Medical Republic: Strategy to improve painful underfunding

Media releases:

  • Painaustralia welcomes returning Morrison Government
  • Future proofing sustainable access to prescription opioids to relieve suffering
  • Prevention vital to reducing the impact of chronic pain

Weekly blog articles:

  • Pain treatment and safe patient-centred care
  • More than money – a new prescription for health
  • Are we throwing the baby out with the bathwater? A case for a more sensible approach to opioid management

 

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If your organisation cares about people in pain and wants to make a difference, please consider becoming a member of Painaustralia.

Our capacity to influence government policy and improve understanding and management of pain is directly related to the strength of our membership network. Your support could make all the difference.
 

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With one in five Australians living with pain it is likely that someone you know is directly affected. Painaustralia is the national peak body working to improve the quality of life of people living with pain, their families and carers, and to minimise the social and economic burden of pain.

Donations of more than $100 will be acknowledged in the Painaustralia Annual Review, unless you wish to remain anonymous. Note that all donations over $2 are tax deductible.

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