The kick-off meeting for SIP Switzerland was held on the 20th of October 2020, with the main goal to establish a platform for discussions on the societal impact of pain. The first meeting of the Swiss SIP Platform was focused on ‘IMST’ (Interdisciplinary Multimodal...
Executive manager of Finnish Musculoskeletal Association (TULE ry) Marja Kinnunen has been appointed as deputy for Public Health Advisory Board to represent social, and health NGOs. TULE ry is also a SIP partner in Finland. The Finnish Government appointed the Public...
The Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) Platform welcomed the European Commission Roadmap on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. Pain significantly impacts the lives of cancer patients and survivors. Therefore, SIP submitted feedback to this Consultation, which is now available...
One of the main objective of PA!N (SIP NL) is to increase awareness on the pain to policy makers / politicians and to adapt a national pain guideline. As from 11 February 2020, the Dutch authorities adapted the Care Standard for chronic pain, which also includes the...
On the eve of the SIP 2019 Symposium, SIP BE held its Steering Committee meeting. The aim of the meeting was to take the project forward, moving from a “start-up team” to a “steering committee”. All attendees agreed to this progression. Bart Morlion (European Pain...
On the eve of the SIP Symposium 2019, the Spanish SIP Platform’s Steering Committee met to prepare for the upcoming SIP Spain 2020 meeting. The meeting was led by the Spanish Pain Society (SED), Pain Alliance Europe (PAE), Spanish Society of Quality of Care...
