About the network

The Chron­ic Pain Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work is a strong, con­nect­ed, and inclu­sive com­mu­ni­ty which pro­motes evi­dence-informed pre­ven­tion, ear­ly inter­ven­tion, and man­age­ment of pain across the life span for all South Aus­tralians.

The network’s vision is to fos­ter inte­grat­ed, mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary care and improve out­comes for peo­ple liv­ing with chron­ic pain.

Our role

• Pro­vide lead­er­ship and strate­gic direc­tion for chron­ic pain man­age­ment in South Australia.
• Set pri­or­i­ties and advis­es on best prac­tices for clin­i­cians, con­sumers, and health services.
• Sup­ports sys­tem devel­op­ment and trans­par­ent shar­ing of data to enhance cross-sec­tor ser­vice design, deliv­ery, and collaboration.
• Over­sees the devel­op­ment, imple­men­ta­tion, and eval­u­a­tion of net­work activ­i­ties through a bal­anced Steer­ing Committee.

Our focus

• Fos­ter improved recog­ni­tion and under­stand­ing of chron­ic pain and its effec­tive man­age­ment in the community.
• Sup­port improve­ments in com­mu­ni­ty, pri­ma­ry health, and hos­pi­tal set­tings to ensure time­ly access to evi­dence-informed care.
• Build an inte­grat­ed pain com­mu­ni­ty to opti­mise the expe­ri­ence and out­comes of chron­ic pain management.
• Encour­age sys­tems devel­op­ment and col­lab­o­ra­tion across met­ro­pol­i­tan and coun­try sectors

Our peo­ple

Our work

• SA Research: Iden­ti­fies key pre­dic­tors of emer­gency depart­ment pre­sen­ta­tions for low back pain.
• Opti­mal Sys­tem of Care for Low Back Pain: Enhanc­ing care path­ways using data, evi­dence, and stake­hold­er input.
• EQUIPP Research: Sup­port­ing com­mu­ni­ty-wide approach­es to improve access to evi­dence-based care for rur­al peo­ple with chron­ic pain.
• Ado­les­cent Pain Ser­vices: Co-design­ing mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary mod­els of care for ado­les­cents with chron­ic pain.

Get involved

To learn more or get involved in the Chron­ic Pain Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work, email: CEIH.​ChronicPain@​sa.​gov.​au