Societal Impact of Pain thematic network – from European recommendations to national implementations

Societal Impact of Pain thematic network – from European recommendations to national implementations

Abstract Issue Pain puts a serious burden on individuals and society. The Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) aims at improving pain care policies by gathering a broad coalition of multi-disciplinary organisations. Description of the problem Uncontrolled pain can decrease people's quality of life and...

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Published in:European journal of public health Vol. 30; no. Supplement_5
Main Authors: Badreh, S, Kynman, S, van Griensven, J, Branco, M, Votta, M, Morlion, B
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford Publishing Limited (England) 01-09-2020
Subjects:
Best practice
Employment
Health care policy
Health policy
Implementation
Pain
Policies
Policy implementation
Policy making
Political platform
Public health
Quality of life
Belgium
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Summary:Abstract Issue Pain puts a serious burden on individuals and society. The Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) aims at improving pain care policies by gathering a broad coalition of multi-disciplinary organisations. Description of the problem Uncontrolled pain can decrease people's quality of life and has a serious impact on individuals and society. The SIP Thematic Network focuses on improving policy-making via the creation of a network of stakeholders by sharing best practices and available data to draft recommendations with the goal to call for a European Framework addressing the societal impact of pain. SIP has been selected in 2018 as a Thematic Network as part of the EU Health Policy Platform and produced a Joint Statement that focuses on four key areas: (1) Indicators, (2) Research, (3) Education, and (4) Employment. The Joint Statement has been used as a basis for projects and initiatives at national level, aligned with the four key priorities. Results Nine SIP national platforms have been established in Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain under the guidance of the European SIP platform. Each platform has identified one or more key areas of the Joint Statement to take concrete actions for implementation. For example, SIP Belgium released a national SIP Joint Statement with the goal to improve the (re)integration of pain patients in the workforce and society. Lessons The selection of SIP as a Thematic Network on the EU Health Policy Platform provided opportunities to identify the key areas for impactful pain policy work and led to concrete actions for implementation on national level. More at www.sip-platform.eu Key messages Continuation of the dialogue on the EU Health Policy platform is important to improve existing policies and to increase collaboration amongst all key stakeholders. Structured implementation of policy recommendations on national level is important in order to improve pain care.
ISSN:1101-1262
1464-360X
DOI:10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.675