Pain management help
April 2, 2014
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
NSW branch has partnered with
the state Ministry of Health and
the Agency for Clinical Innovation
to provide community pharmacies
with material advocating better
pain management.
This includes promotion of
the Pain Management Network
website, launched last week and
developed by the Agency for
Clinical Innovation, on repeat
prescription folders in pharmacies
across the state.
The website provides resources
for pain management to patients
and health professionals, using the
latest scientific evidence on how to
manage chronic pain, and includes
practical tools and resources.
Arrangements for the distribution
of folders are being finalised and
the Guild anticipated that they
would be sent out soon, NSW
branch director Ryan Fletcher said.
The initiative was praised by
the NSW Minister for Health, the
Honourable Jillian Skinner, at the
launch, who said it was a very
valuable partnership.
Skinner said the website was
another step in the management
of chronic pain, which was a key
priority for the NSW government.
Skinner launched the Pain
Management Plan in 2012 to the
tune of $26m over four years.
The NSW branch said it would be
contacting pharmacies in the near
future regarding the roll out.
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