ORGANISATIONS and stakeholders representing patients living with chronic pain have launched a National Pain Alliance, with the aim of establishing pain as a national priority within Australia's health, disability and ageing reform agendas.
Led by Chronic Pain Australia, founding members of the Alliance also include Endometriosis Australia, MS Australia, Arthritis Australia, Wounds Australia, Musculoskeletal Health Australia and Haleon Australia.
Priorities for the Alliance include improving national data, measurement and research visibility, and strengthening policy coordination and access to evidence-informed care.
"Australia's health system has long failed to recognise the scale and complexity of chronic pain," said Nicolette Ellis, chair of Chronic Pain Australia.
"If we continue to overlook chronic pain as a national health priority, the cost will only grow - not just the personal costs to individuals and families, but for the economy and the health system.
"The National Pain Alliance aims to address this by bringing together organisations representing a wide range of conditions to ensure chronic pain is finally recognised in national data, policy and health system planning," she concluded.
Jenny Walters, head of corporate affairs at Haleon ANZ, emphasised the importance of people living in pain having access to the support they need to enable better everyday health, adding Haleon Australia was proud to be a founding supporter of the Alliance.
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