National Pain Summit
Australian Health Minister, the Hon. Nicola Roxon will open the National Pain Summit being held in the Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra on Thursday March 11, 2010. For more information, the program and recent media coverage, click on "more".
The Summit is a vitally important healthcare policy initiative that aims to elevate the priority given to the management of acute, chronic and cancer pain. ANZCA and the Faculty of Pain Medicine have taken a leading role in organising the Summit which will see an unprecedented gathering of more than 200 leading authorities in pain medicine (including international experts in pain medicine), other healthcare professionals, work safety, insurer, industry and consumer groups come together to reach a unified position on the recommendations and implementation of a world-first National Pain Strategy.
Background information
Media alert (issued Tuesday March 2, 2010)
RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE
A media release titled “Too many children suffering unnecessary pain, say experts” was issued on Thursday March 4, 2010.
To read the media release, click here.
The following media coverage ensued:
AAP Newswire – National 04/03/2010
Radio National AM 04/03/2010 07:13
ABC 666 Canberra AM 04/03/2010 08:09
2CC Breakfast (Mark Parton) 04/03/2010 06:39
ABC 720 Perth 07:00 News 04/03/2010 07:01
ABC 720 Perth 07:45 News 04/03/2010 07:48
ABC 702 Sydney 07:45 News 04/03/2010 07:54
ABC 936 Hobart 07:45 News 04/03/2010 07:56
Triple J 09:00 News 04/03/2010 09:00
ABC 774 Melbourne 09:00 News 04/03/2010 09:01
ABC 936 Hobart 09:00 News 04/03/2010 09:03
ABC 666 Canberra 10:00 News 04/03/2010 10:02
2UE Afternoons 04/03/2010 12:39
Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga) 05/03/2010
Border Mail (Albury Wodonga) 05/03/2010
Daily Liberal (Dubbo) 05/03/2010
ABC Central Coast Day Shift 08/03/2010 13:24
2TM Talk Today 05/03/2010 13:38
PLEASE NOTE: Some news reports incorrectly referred to research on terminally ill children as being done by University of Sydney researchers. The research was done at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne (as outlined in the media release).
Other media coverage in recent weeks includes:
Radio National Australia Talks 17/02/2010 18:11
Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum feature by Elizabeth Farrelly) 13/02/2010
