The Stakeholders

Stage One Stakeholder Group (consumers and pain management service providers)

Healthcare Consumers in particular people who suffer persistent pain
Pain Management Specialists and Pain Clinics
Primary Healthcare providers including GPs Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractor, Allied Healthcare Professionals, Rehabilitation Consultants, Pharmacists, Nurses, Dentists
Medical specialists providing treatment in pain management, such as pain medicine specialists, anaesthetists, physicians, psychiatrists, rehabilitation medicine specialists, paediatricians, geriatricians, rheumatologists; palliative care; addiction medicine; neurosurgeons, obstetricians and gynaecologists.
Carers and other Community Services
Peak/Consumer/NFP Bodies in areas concerned with pain: palliative care, cancer, arthritis etc.
Peak bodies or colleges, responsible for registration and education of all primary and secondary health professionals including remote and indigenous healthcare professionals.
Hospitals and Emergency Medicine Departments

Second Stage Stakeholder Group

Workcover Bodies
Non-Government Payers ( General and Health Insurers)
Employers
Private Sector Health Care Service Providers ( Hospitals, Hospices, Aged Care, etc)
Government Federal and State – Politicians and Bureaucrats in Health and Ageing and other relevant policy committees;