QLD Social Networking Event

Karalyn Huxhagen, QLD Director

On 23rd November I attended the Queensland Clinical Networks Persistent Pain “Rural and remote Persistent Pain Service Workshop”. The focus of the workshop was to consider ideas to design and run a two-year pilot virtual persistent pain service for rural and remote regions.

The workshop itself was an interesting day of reviewing programs and trials that have been completed and their ability to influence improvement in pain services in rural and remote locations. The workshop was also attended by several consumers/patients who shared their stories and frustrations of accessing services in a timely manner.

As always, the biggest barriers were funding, workforce and access to the services.

After the workshop APS hosted a gathering at Charming Squire in Brisbane to allow colleagues to catch up and discuss what is happening in everybody’s workspace. It was a lovely evening catching up with passionate health care providers who work in the pain space. Attendance at the conference in Canberra was a definite yes for many.

NSW Social Networking Event

Tim Ho, NSW Director

On Wednesday 9th November, the Sydney APS Community, their colleagues, and friends met at Sydney’s premiere gaming arcade to chat, connect, and play pinball and arcade video games.

This Sydney Social Networking event was for people with an interest in pain management and a great way for them to find out more about how the APS can help support them. All attendees welcomed the meetup and look forward to future networking opportunities.

Attendees not only discussed hot pain management topics, such as translational research, medicinal cannabis, and clinical cases, but also took a trip back-in-time by playing some of the masterpieces of yesteryear. Pac-man, Galaga, Pinball, and Big Buck Hunter just to name a few. A fun time was had by all.