News and information
National Pain Summit
The National Pain Summit, to be opened by the Federal Health Minister, the Hon. Nicola Roxon, will be held on Thursday March 11, 2010 in the great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra.
Media releases
- Too many children suffering uneccessary pain (Thursday March 4, 2010) and media coverage
- Cancer patients should not live or die in pain: experts (Thursday February 11, 2010) and media coverage.
- Most vulnerable being denied rights, say pain experts (Thursday December 10, 2009) and media coverage.
- World-first National Pain Strategy launched (Sunday October 18, 2009) and media coverage.
- Relieving pain affecting millions (Thursday September 17, 2009)
Leaders meeting
Thursday September 17, 2009
About 70 people including Australia’s leading authorities in pain medicine and consumer groups representing chronic pain sufferers met at the headquarters of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) on Thursday September 17, 2009 to work on a national coordinated approach to managing chronic pain.
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Advice for people in pain
A series of useful lectures on pain and how to manage it have been put online by Alberta Health Services in Canada. They can be found by clicking here.
Reports and publications
- The MBF Foundation's report The High Price of Pain: the economic impact of persistent pain in Australia, which was conducted by Access Economics in collaboration with the Pain Management Research Institute.
- Chronic Pain Australia's Pain Is Not Invisible Project interim report.
- What is pain?
- The third edition of Acute Pain Management, Scientific Evidence will be available from February 15, 2010. An electronic version of the publication will be available from then on the "Books and publications" section of the ANZCA website.
- The Royal Australasian College of Physicians' policy document Prescription Opiod Policy: Improving the management of chronic pain and prevention of problems associated with prescription opioid use.
