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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.

Media

After 14 years of chronic pain, Imogen Dunlevie has had to learn to advocate for herself.

Painaustralia in the NEWS

  • ABC EVERYDAY 09/06/2021 What to do when a doctor isn't taking your pain seriously
    Imogen Dunlevie was just 13 when the pain began.
    It started before her first period and returned every month. She'd regularly have to miss a week of school as her whole life was put on pause by it
    "There were times I was so sick when I got my period, I couldn't walk," says the 27-year-old from Pakenham in Melbourne's outer east.  Painaustralia CEO Carol Bennett said "Pain is the most common complaint when people see a GP but we don't always get the best evidence-based treatments."

  • Independent Australia 04/06/2021 Healthcare system forcing chronic pain sufferers to struggle. Chronic pain sufferers are faced with inaccessibility to our healthcare system as those without private health insurance are forced to undergo long waiting periods in the public system...According to advocacy group Pain Australia, doctors frequently fail to adequately address patient perceptions of discomfort, particularly among sufferers of chronic pain...

Blogs

  • 24 June What do MBS changes mean for people living with pain?
  • 17 June Men’s Health – we can do better
  • 10 June One size does not fit all – opioid changes and palliative care
  • 3 June A man with a big challenge
  • 27 May Silence is not an option” The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide

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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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