Apply to become a Steering Committee member on the Chronic Pain Statewide Clinical Network
Do you want to shape the future of Chronic Pain in South Australia? Then apply to become a steering committee member!
Read the full storyThe Chronic Pain SCN has been established to improve the provision of integrated, multidisciplinary care for people with chronic pain.
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.
The Chronic Pain Statewide Clinical Network has been established to improve the provision of integrated, multidisciplinary care for people with chronic pain. It aims to:
The Steering Committees provide oversight of the development, implementation and evaluation of the networks’ activities.
The Steering Committees are constructed to reflect a balance of experience across metropolitan and country as well as from within and out of hospital sectors. The Steering Committee are led by a Statewide Clinical Network Lead.
For more information, refer to Chronic Pain Statewide Clinical Network Terms of Reference TOR (685 KB, PDF)
Anne is a registered Psychologist with dual endorsement in the area of Clinical and Health Psychology. With over 20 years of experience in the health service delivery, she has a proven track record of service innovation and clinically focussed research.
Anne is a Past President of the Australian Pain Society (2019−2021) and a Clinical Professor with The University of Adelaide. She is also the Co-Director of Psychology and Allied Health Lead — Surgery 3 in Central Adelaide Local Health Network.
Anne has a strong interest in translational research and is keen for health system information to be leveraged more effectively to support sustainable improvements in healthcare delivery.
Prof Anne Burke | Education, (inter)national advocacy, psychology, public services, research |
Mr Gregory Low | Psychologist, Northern Adelaide Pain Rehabilitation Service |
Dr Jacinta Johnson | Primary care, hospital, medication safety, pharmacy |
Dr Jackie Yeoh | Medicine (general practice and hospital liaison), shared care |
Ms Julianne Flower | ReturnToWorkSA |
Mr Marc Apolloni | Adelaide Primary Health Network |
Mr Mark Cox | Physiotherapy, private services, psychology |
Ms Mary Wing | Lived experience, pain science education, support groups advocacy |
Dr Michael Findlay | Medicine (addiction and pain), prison services |
Dr Nicki Ferencz | WCHN Paediatric Pain Service, psychology |
Mr Noël Markham | SALHN Pain Service, physiotherapy |
Ms Susan (Sue) Edwards | Nursing, pain service coordination, rural |
Dr Tim Semple | CALHN Pain Service, medicine (anaesthetics and pain) |
We are establishing better care pathways for people suffering low back pain to improve timeliness and appropriateness of treatment. This is being done through greater understanding of relevant clinical and systems factors, as informed by data, current evidence and stakeholder input.
Read about the framework describing a proposed optimal system of care for low back pain in South Australia.
Working with the Office of the Chief Pharmacist, the Safety and Quality Unit in the Department for Health and Wellbeing and local hospital champions, we are helping hospitals meet the new Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain Clinical Care Standard. This aims to ensure opioid use is appropriately managed and reviewed to minimise any risk of harm to patients.
Supported by grant funding and working with UniSA, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics and other partners to co-design a community-based, multidisciplinary model of care for adolescents with chronic pain. This will ensure adolescents have better access to care in the community and will act as a pilot that can be used nationally.
The Hub is an online repository of current and completed pain-related projects to enable people to easily connect around shared interests or issues and learn from work that has already been undertaken. We want to help break down silos, reduce duplication of effort and fast-track innovation.
To contribute to the repository or for more information, see South Australia’s Pain Research and Innovation Hub.
We are also assisting the Safety and Quality Unit to identify opportunities to help hospitals meet the new Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard, which describes the standard of care people with low back pain can expect to receive.
Or want to know more about the Chronic Pain Statewide Clinical Network? Please email CEIH.ChronicPain@sa.gov.au.