On 31st March 2022, the Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) Platform, hosted a multi-stakeholder virtual event with over 100 registrants entitled “How can digitalising health services reduce the societal impact of pain?” The event was supported by MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen...
The MSD Working Group of the Europe region World Physiotherapy has organised a webinar 20 April 2022 in collaboration with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) for their campaign “Healthy Workplaces Lighten the Load”. The webinar...
The Societal Impact of Pain SIP has published its position paper on Digital Health. The paper highlights the need for action by European Institutions and National Governments in the area of digital health and pain. Below the key recommendations of our Position Paper:...
DR. BRONA FULLEN & MS. DEIRDRE RYAN – EUROPEAN PAIN FEDERATION EFIC & PAIN ALLIANCE EUROPE (PAE), BELGIUM Dear reader, We hope you are well and ready for a new year. Recovery, Strength and a Sense of Belonging. These words summarise the French Presidency...
Health illiteracy is the main problem in patient-clinician communication, and can for sure result in difficulties in best clinical practices. Chronic pain patients are prone to high levels of illiteracy, as they are usually older, suffer from sleep deprivation,...
The first SIP National Platform call for 2022 took place on the 8th of February. During the meeting, participants had the opportunity to: Hear about SIP Portugal’s latest initiative ‘A patient consultations guide’; Hear about SIP Belgium’s project ‘We Go To Work’;...
