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In this issue:

Issue 105
  • A message from the CEO
  • Living Well With Chronic Pain After Service event at Government House
  • A new planking record – congratulations Daniel Scali
  • IASP 2021 Virtual World Congress on Pain
  • Women’s Health Summit 2021
  • National Action Plan advocacy
  • Accessible Product Design
  • Prevention Project - The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre
  • Migraine Awareness Month
  • painSTAR
  • Out and about
  • THN Pilot story
  • In brief
  • Media
  • Guest Article: Katherine Stanley, Director Endo Help Foundation and Talking Endo Support Group.

Out and about

Des Graham, President of MS Australia speaks at the MS parliamentary friends breakfast

Des Graham, President of MS Australia speaks at the MS parliamentary friends breakfast

Rohan Greenland, CEO MS Australia speaks at the MS parliamentary friends breakfast

Rohan Greenland, CEO MS Australia speaks at the MS parliamentary friends breakfast

  • MS Research and Advocacy Update with the Parliamentary Friends of MS breakfast at Parliament House Tuesday May 25.
    Painaustralia CEO Carol Bennett attended the MS Australia Parliamentary Friends of MS breakfast last month as part of World MS Day on May 30. MS is most commonly diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 40 with 75 per cent of people diagnosed being women. Chronic pain is an underestimated aspect of MS.
  • Parliamentary Friends of Palliative Care
    Painaustralia Senior Project Manager, Monika Boogs, attended the Parliamentary Friends of Palliative Care event on 26 May during Palliative Care Week titled “What is palliative care? It’s more than you think”. 

    Earlier this month, Painaustralia welcomed a number of changes to the listings of opioid medications under the Palliative Care Schedule of the PBS making it easier for patients undergoing palliative care to receive appropriate access to opioid medications. Read more here https://www.painaustralia.org.au/media-1/media-document/blog-1/blog-2021/blog-june-2021/one-size-does-not-fit-all-opioid-changes-and-palliative-care

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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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