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In this issue:

Issue 108
  • A message from the CEO
  • Pain Awareness Month wrap up
  • Painaustralia's Newest Pain Champion - Hayley Leake
  • Strategic Plan
  • Painaustralia Consumer Awareness Group recruitment process
  • Chatbot launch
  • Real Time Prescription Monitoring (RTPM) update
  • Should pain be in the Census?
  • Accessible Product Design Alliance
  • Improving Orofacial Pain Management in Australia and New Zealand
  • Defence and Veteran Suicide Royal Commission survey
  • Prescribing medicinal cannabis for chronic non-cancer pain
  • Painaustralia’s policy team working for you.
  • Pain Society Alberta World Pain Summit 2021
  • Media

Media

Short Black with Sandra Sully featured Board Director, Sister Mary-Lynne Cochrane who shared her lived experience of chronic pain

In the News

  • On 8 September 2021, Gabriella Kelly-Davies, author of Breaking through the Pain Barrier: The Extraordinary Life of Dr Michael J. Cousins, was interviewed about why women’s health is often minimised in Australian Pharmacist today.
  • On 12 September 2021, Daniel Scali’s record breaking plank was worldwide news being featured in international publications such as Tittlepress, News Central, News Daylight and IJ News.
  • On 14 September 2021, Painauastralia CEO Carol Bennett spoke to ABC Radio National AM show’s presenter, Nas Campanella and Indira Naidoo on ABC Radio’s Afternoons, about the obstacles some types of product packaging can present to those living with chronic pain and promoted the push to create accessible packaging and products. Listen to the full interview here.
  • On ABC News 14 September 2021 Painaustralia CEO spoke about World-first research from the University of Queensland hopes to cure cancer, solve obesity using 'plant medicine'. Pain Australia CEO Carol Bennett said with 3.4 million Australians impacted by chronic pain, she cannot wait to hear the results of the eventual clinical trials.
  • On 18 and 28 September 2021, Painaustralia was mentioned as part of The Accessible Product Design Alliance in The Senior and Multiple Sclerosis News Today.
  • Painauastralia CEO Carol Bennett, is featured in an article in the September-October issue of Dare magazine, talking about living with chronic pain the best way to manage pain.
  • On 28 September 2021 Sr Mary-Lynne Cochrane, Chair of Painaustralia's Consumer Advisory Group, was featured on the episode of the channel 10 podcast Short Black with Sandra Sully. Mary-Lynne shares her lived experience of chronic pain.

 

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