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In this issue:

Issue 83
  • A message from the CEO
  • The National Strategic Action Plan for Pain Management
  • New National Preventive Health Strategy
  • Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015
  • A funding fix for Aged Care?
  • Submissions and Policy Updates
  • Out and About
  • In the media​​​​​​​

In the media

The launch of the National Action Plan generated significant media interest. Some highlights below:

Australian Ageing Agenda May-June 2019

The immense cost of untreated pain

Disability Support Guide – 20 June 2019

New national plan to improve pain management for people living with chronic pain

AusDoc.PLUS - 20 June 2019

Ministers to consider chronic pain plan

The Mandarin - 19 June 2019

Push for health policies to treat chronic pain as a priority

The Age - 17 June 2019

Chronic Pain Plan

6PR 882 News Talk - 17 June 2019

Doctors urged to look to alternatives for chronic pain management

News.com.au - 17 June 2019

Calls to move away from painkillers for chronic pain

The Daily Examiner - 17 June 2019

We’ve been wrong about pain all along

Sky News Australia - 17 June 2019

Experts concerned about growing addiction to pain medication

The Courier Mail - 17 June 2019

Plan for Australians living with pain

Australian Associated Press 17 June 2019

At last - A national plan for better pain management

Vision Christian Media- 17 June 2019

National Strategy Combats Chronic Pain

MSN- 17 June 2019

First national pain strategy to be launched today

 Whitsunday Times- 17 June 2019

'I was too scared to eat anything'

The Today Show - 23 May 2019

Drug-free pain relief

Nightlife-24 June 2019

Nightlife: featuring back pain

ABC News-23 June 2019

Chronic pain on Sunday Extra

Sky News - 17 June 2019

Experts concerned about growing addiction to pain medication

7News - 17 June 2019

Chronic Pain

Today - 17 June 2019

Easing The Pain

Morning with Gareth Parker 6PR Newstalk - 17 June 2019

Doctors urged to look to alternatives for chronic pain management

 

Media releases:

At last – A national plan for better pain management
Prevention critical to reducing chronic disease burden

Weekly blog articles:

A Plan for Pain and why now
Australia’s ‘Burden of Disease’
A funding fix for aged care?

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