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ME/CFS AUSTRALIA (SA) INC
Registered Charity 698
Mailing address:
GPO Box 383,
Adelaide,
South Australia 5001
Office:
266 Port Road,
Hindmarsh,
South Australia 5007
Ph: (08) 8346 3237
('834 MECFS')
Office Hours:
Wednesdays, 10am-3pm
Support Line:
(Mondays and Thursdays,
10am-3pm)
Ph: (08) 8346 3237
SA country callers:
Ph: 1300 128 339
(local call)
FIBROMYALGIA HELP: Contact Fibromyalgia SA at the Arthritis Foundation of SA 118 Richmond Road, Marleston 5033 Ph: (08) 8379 5711 |
ME/CFS Australia (SA) Inc supports the needs of sufferers of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and related illnesses. We do this by providing services and information to members.
ME/CFS Australia (SA) Inc is a member of Charity Direct.
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ME/CFS Australia (SA) Inc aims to keep members informed of the various research projects, diets, medications, therapies etc. All communication, both verbal and written, is merely to disseminate information and not to make recommendations or directives.
Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed on this Web site are not necessarily the official views of the Society or its Committee and are not simply an endorsement of products or services.
National Pain Summit
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Australia's National Pain Summit will be held in Canberra on Thursday 11 March 2010.
Here's some information about it:
The National Pain Summit aims to elevate awareness of the prevalence and economic cost of persistent pain to the community through the development of a National Pain Strategy which will be aligned with the Federal Government’s proposals for health reform to make more effective, cost-effective and accessible healthcare solutions available to all Australians.
The National Pain Summit is being led by the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Faculty of Pain Medicine, the Australian Pain Society and Chronic Pain Australia in collaboration with inaugural supporters the MBF Foundation and the Pain Management Research Institute.
It is being held on Thursday March 11, 2010 in Canberra. More than 130 organisations have been invited to attend.
• Elevate awareness of the prevalence of pain
• Elevate awareness of the economic cost
• Develop a National Pain Strategy
• Reduce progression of acute to chronic pain
• Work with the Federal Government’s proposals for health reform
• Deliver major benefits to consumers through cost-effective and accessible pain management services
• The report that measured the impact of persistent pain
• Action to date
• The key players steering the Summit
• A coordinated approach to research, education and best practice clinical services
• Bring together experts
• Develop an effective National Pain Strategy
• Best pain management practice
• New standards of pain treatment
• Model of service delivery for all Australians
• Consumers
• Government (Federal and State)
• Pain management service providers
• Workcover bodies, insurers, employers
• Preparation Stage
• Leaders Meeting
• Draft strategy development
• National Pain Summit
• Post Summit Action
You can find out more about the National Pain Summit here.
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