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In this issue:

Issue 83
  • A message from the CEO
  • Meeting with His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd)
  • Opioid Reforms
  • Take Home Naloxone- COVID-19 Campaign
  • Delay to Medical Device Reforms
  • Consumer Awareness and Education Project: Call for Resources
  • Submissions and Policy Updates
  • Media
  • Guest Article: Lived Experience Community to support people experiencing pain

Media

ABC TV re med devices: Rules designed to protect patients from faulty medical devices delayed until next year

  • ABC news on medical devices: Rules designed to protect patients from faulty medical devices delayed until next year
  • Australian Journal of Pharmacy on upcoming Real Talk on Pain Webinar involving Painaustralia.
  • The Daily Advertiser - Pain Australia, Cassie Brady call for better specialist pain treatment in Wagga (Paywall)
  • The Retail Pharmacy - Painaustralia CEO speaks on tighter regulation of opioid use, #COVID19, and broader need for multidisciplinary pain management in Australia in the June 2020 issue of Retail Pharmacy
  • The Age - Painkiller packs cut down to size as opioid crackdown intensifies
  • Kin - What is pelvic floor pain – and is it normal? Our CEO speaks to Kin Fertility on the common chronic pain condition

Blogs

  • Medical Device Reforms Delayed
  • Does Pain Discriminate?
  • Shifting Ground: Another Pain med considered for down-scheduling by TGA
  • The tyranny of Distance: has COVID-19 jumpstarted a solution?
  • National Palliative Care Week
  • Are the pros greater than the cons? The chronic pain balancing act
  • The root of the problem: waiting to resolve dental pain

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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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