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In this issue:

Issue 83
  • A message from the CEO
  • A word from Painaustralia’s new Chairman, Em Professor Ian Chubb AC
  • Canadian Pain Management Forums
  • Veteran’s Affair Independent Suicide Commission
  • Appropriate use of opioids: TGA’s Communication and education workshop
  • Take Home Naloxone Pilot Program
  • Vale Diana Aspinall
  • Submissions and Policy Updates
  • In the media
  • Painaustralia member and Guest contributor Osteopathy Australia introduces advanced recognition in pain management as a novel approach to delivering quality health outcomes

Take Home Naloxone Pilot Program

The Australian Government has invested $10 million in a Take Home Naloxone Pilot. Under the pilot, naloxone is now available for free to people who may either experience, or witness, an opioid overdose. No prescription is required.

The take home naloxone pilot is aimed at tackling rising opioid related harm. It is aimed at assisting people who are at risk of an opioid overdose or adverse reaction, their carers, friends and family members. Naloxone is now available in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.

The take home naloxone pilot started on 1 December 2019 and will run through to 28 February 2021. Painaustralia is working with the Department of Health to promote the pilot and will continue to share more information as it progresses.

Find out where to access naloxone.

Join Painaustralia

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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