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In this issue:

Issue 109
  • A message from the CEO
  • Opioid reforms survey
  • Expansion of our Consumer Advisory Group
  • Approval processes for new drugs and novel medical technologies in Australia
  • Primary Health Care 10 Year Plan – concerns about lack of consultation
  • Mandatory Reporting of Medical Device Adverse Events
  • Orofacial pain – better recognition and care needed
  • Ketamine for chronic non-cancer pain
  • RTPM update
  • Federal Budget submission 2022-23
  • Therapeutic Goods Administration updates
  • ePPOC update
  • Project ECHO
  • Massage and myotherapy factsheets
  • Congratulations to Professor Michael Nicholas.
  • Blogs
  • Guest Article: Bone Health and Back Pain by Healthy Bones Australia, CEO, Greg Lyubomirsky
  • Guest Article from CEA Technologies, CEO, Mark Foster

Professor Michael Nicholas

Professor Michael Nicholas

Painaustralia would like to offer congratulations to Professor Michael Nicholas who was named as the top researcher for excellence in the field of Pain Management by The Australian for 2021.

Professor Nicholas from the Royal North Shore Hospital and the University of Sydney is also Director of the Graduate Pain Education Program at the Pain Management Research Institute. He is known for combining research and clinical pain practice, especially in multidisciplinary applications of psychology.

Great work Michael and well deserved!

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If your organisation cares about people in pain and wants to make a difference, please consider becoming a member of Painaustralia.

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.

Donations of more than $100 will be acknowledged in the Painaustralia Annual Review, unless you wish to remain anonymous. Note that all donations over $2 are tax deductible.

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