Jun 7, 2019
The World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) which includes a new classification system for chronic pain. For the first time ever, ICD includes diagnostic codes for chronic pain along with...
May 21, 2019
The European Pain Forum met yesterday in Brussels to discuss cooperation between organisations representing medical professionals and patients in the field of pain. The organisations aim to cooperate on education, research and advocacy projects related to pain on a...
Apr 19, 2019
The European Pain Federation EFIC would like to thank Marian Harkin MEP for her tireless work in raising awareness of pain at a European level. After supporting the Societal Impact of Pain for many years, she is now stepping down from the European Parliament. We can...
Apr 1, 2019
In 2009, SIP was founded as a mutual initiative of European Pain Federation EFICand Grünenthal. In 2011, Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) joined the SIP platform to represent the patients in this initiative. This has been a huge step to address the real needs of patients....
Mar 27, 2019
The Portuguese Social Impact of Pain (SIP) platform, which brings together patient groups, industry and healthcare professionals, held a meeting on March 18th in Lisbon, Portugal. The meeting aimed at promoting dialogue around tangible measures to alleviate the impact...
Mar 7, 2019
The Thematic Networks programme 2018 is now concluded, but we are continuing our engagement on the societal impact of pain based on the policy recommendations in the Joint Statement. This means that the two webinars recorded during the 2018 thematic network cycle will...
