Statewide Chronic Pain Clinical Network
Join us for a Virtual Lower Back Care Workshop
This event is a virtual version of a workshop hosted 16 June 2022, by the Statewide Chronic Pain Clinical Network.
This workshop is designed to help inform the priorities and direction of the Lower Back Pain Working Group by identifying enablers and actions required to transition care in South Australia from the current state to ideal future state.
To register, see Lower Back Pain Care Workshop (Virtual Session) via our Events page.
Current Projects
- Managing Pain in the Community
Define a clear community model for pain management, map existing pain support services and initiatives and identify opportunities to improve the delivery of pain management services in the community.
- Opioid Stewardship Roundtable
In late 2021 the Network held an Opioid Stewardship Roundtable discussion aimed at improving cross-sector collaboration to better understand, define and optimise opioid stewardship in South Australia.
- Lower Back Pain
Improving the identification and management of Lower Back Pain in unplanned Emergency Department presentation
Hear from Associate Professor Anne Burke about the Statewide Chronic Pain Clinical Network
Statewide Chronic Pain Clinical Network Steering Committee
Marc Apolloni | Adelaide Primary Health Network |
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Mark Cox | Private Services, Psychology, Physiotherapy |
Sue Edwards | Rural, Pain Service Co-ordination, Nursing |
Nicki Ferencz | WCHN Paediatric Pain Service, Psychology |
Michael Findlay | Medicine (Addiction, Pain), Prison Services |
Inara Betts | Country Primary Health Networks |
Jacinta Johnson | Primary Care, Hospital, Pharmacy, Medication Safety |
Mark Jones | NALHN Pain Service, Nursing |
Kin Lau |
Rural, Aged Care, Hospital Avoidance, Medical (Pain, RACGP) |
Noël Markham | SALHN Pain Service, Physiotherapy |
Tim Semple | CALHN Pain Service, Medical (Anaesthetics, Pain) |
Edwina Shannon | Private Services, Research, Education, Occupational Therapy |
Samuel Whittle | Living Guidelines, Education, Medical (Rheumatology) |
Jackie Yeoh | Medical (RACGP, Hospital Liaison), Shared Care |
Mary Wing | Consumer representative |
Leah Trotta | Consumer representative |
Network Lead
Associate Professor Anne Burke
Statewide Chronic Pain Clinical Network Vision
A strong, connected and inclusive community of practice which promotes evidence-informed prevention, early intervention and management of pain across the life span for all South Australians.
Statewide Chronic Pain Clinical Network Goals
The Chronic Pain Statewide Clinical Network has been established to work on improving the provision of integrated multidisciplinary care for people with chronic pain. It aims to:
- Foster improved recognition and understanding of chronic pain and its effective management in the community.
- Foster systems development to enable transparent sharing of data which can support cross-sector service design, delivery and collaboration.
- Support improvements in community, primary health and hospital settings to ensure timely access to evidence informed care for all South Australians living with pain.
- Build an integrated Community of Practice that optimises the experience and outcomes of chronic pain management.
Documents and Additional Information
Documents
Opioid Stewardship Roundtable — October 2021
Consistent with international trends, rates of opioid prescribing continue to increase across the nation.
Opioids are high risk medicines and opioid-related harm is well known. Enhancing opioid stewardship requires the ability to share expertise, knowledge and data across the health system.
The Network held an Opioid Stewardship Roundtable Discussion on 13 October 2021 to improve cross-sector collaboration to better understand, define and optimise opioid stewardship in South Australia.
The roundtable discussion included representation from over 25 key stakeholders whose expertise spanned local health networks, Office of the Chief Pharmacist (Department for Health & Wellbeing), private hospitals, community services, ScriptCheck, medication safety, addiction, research, aged care, rural services and systems design (incl. the electronic medical record).
The Roundtable was a targeted discussion exploring:
- What good Opioid Stewardship looks like
- How good stewardship is measured
- The information touchpoints across the various stages of the patient pathway
- Partnership opportunities.
Have a question?
Or want to know more about the Statewide Chronic Pain Clinical Network?
Please email CEIH.ChronicPain@sa.gov.au.