The latest edition of the SIP Newsletter is now available! Don’t miss this quarter’s editorial, featuring key updates on: The new SIP Joint Statement urging implementation of ICD-11 across the EU Inclusion of chronic pain in the European Parliament’s Report on the...
The European Pain Federation EFIC is pleased to share recent news and updates from our national chapters below. UK The British Pain Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) will take place in Harrogate from 21–23 April 2026, bringing together healthcare...
The report from the final SIP National Platform Call of 2025 is now available! The meeting brought together National Platforms and the SIP team to: • Hear updates on SIP’s 2025 advocacy actions, including progress on the EHDS, ICD-11, women’s health, disability rights...
Since its launch in spring 2025, SIP Sweden has rapidly undertaken initiatives to raise awareness about pain and influence pain-related policies. Some of the platform’s main activities in 2025 included: Organising national gatherings that brought together...
Over the past year, SIP Portugal has significantly strengthened its role as a national advocacy platform, elevating chronic pain to a higher level of public visibility and political priority. The 2025 SIP Portugal Newsletter provides an overview of the key advocacy,...
The Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) Annual Report for 2025 is now available. The report gives an overview of the activities and impact of the SIP platform in the last year. Among its key achievements: Prevention and NDCs. SIP has made significant progress in advancing...
In an effort to encourage exchanges between the different pain groups, improve coordination in the search for common themes of interest, and increase the international visibility of each chapter’s scientific activities, the European Pain Federation EFIC is...
The Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) welcomes the inclusion of chronic pain in the European Parliaments’ Report on the EU strategy of persons with disabilities post-2024. The amendments, submitted by the Committee on Public Health (SANT) and suggested by SIP,...
The European Pain Federation is a non-profit medical society, focusing on the subject of pain medicine. The Federation is composed of 40 chapters across Europe, with an Executive Office based in Brussels, Belgium. The Federation aims to improve pain medicine through...
We are thrilled to announce that the EFIC Pain School on Multidisciplinary Pain Managementwill take place from 30 March to 2 April 2026 in Osijek, Croatia! The school promotes lifelong learning, critical appraisal of evidence, and professional development within a...
The EFIC Rising Stars Programme is a new initiative to connect and support early career researchers in the European pain field. As part of this programme, we are launching the monthly ECR Coffee Club. What is the Coffee Club? An informal, welcoming space to meet...
Findings from a European Parliament’s recent public consultation shed light on the biggest challenges women face regarding their health. As a highlight, between 2 and 3 in 4 individuals reported undergoing unnecessary painful procedures when asked about tests and...
The Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) releases a Join Statement outlining why the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11), is essential for healthcare systems and providing key recommendations for EU and national policymakers to ensure its timely...
ISSHOOs Project Defines Core Socio-Demographic Dataset to Advance Equity in Pain Research A recent consensus paper published in The Lancet establishes standardised recommendations for the collection and reporting of equity-relevant socio-demographic data in pain...
The Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) hosted an Advocacy Toolkit Training on 15 October 2025, bringing together representatives from SIP National Platforms, EFIC, Pain Alliance Europe (PAE), and partner organisations. The session focused on strengthening advocacy,...
