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In this issue:

Issue 101
  • A message from the CEO
  • My Pain Journey campaign
  • Parliamentary Friends Meeting
  • ANZCA procedures for pain management
  • Painaustralia Membership
  • Survey on nerve pain medicine
  • Productivity Commission Mental Health Report
  • Take-Home Naloxone Pilot program
  • New Chronic Pain Management Service
  • Submissions and Policy Updates
  • Videos and webinars
  • Events
  • Media
  • Guest article: Periods, Pain and Endometriosis Program (PPEP-Talk)
  • Guest article: HOW DOES THE LAW DEAL WITH PAIN? By Richard Faulks, Sneddon Hall & Gallop Lawyers

Media

Media

ABC NEWS - 11 November2020 “Suffering unnecessarily”: Regional chronic pain sufferer’s urgent call for help

ABC News – 10 November 2020 'Like being hit with an electric fence': Chronic pain sufferers call for more specialists

Media release 17 November 2020: Chronic pain – a critical factor in addressing mental health

Blogs

The inseparable link between pain and mental health, 19 November – by CEO Carol Bennett
The children who wait in pain, 12 November – by CEO Carol Bennett
The power of sharing, 5 November – by CEO Carol Bennett
Aged care: Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? 29 October – by CEO Carol Bennett
Medicinal cannabis and chronic pain, 22 October – by CEO Carol Bennett
Consumer input essential when listing new medications, 15 October – by CEO Carol Bennett

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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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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.

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