Engagement Canadian Pain Care Forum About the Canadian Pain Care Forum
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participating organizations.
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advocacy groups or organizations representing people with lived experience.
JF Leroux, of Health Canada, discusses the current state of pain in Canada and the recommendations from the Canadian Pain Task Force reports at the September 2022 Canadian Pain Care Forum.
The Canadian Pain Care Forum (CPCF) was
pain-related issues in public policy, barriers
established in 2016. Its primary objectives
facing those living with chronic pain and
are twofold: (1) to serve as a platform for
current pain research.
the exchange of information and ideas to enhance the general education of members regarding public policy issues related to pain treatment, and (2) to coordinate voluntary commitments to address a wide range of public policy issues impacting pain treatment in Canada.
The September 2022 meeting saw Health Canada’s JF Leroux give insight into the federal response to the recommendations from the Canadian Pain Task Force. The action plan outlined in the presentation provided more than 150 recommendations on priority actions to ensure that people with pain are
It holds regular meetings throughout the
recognized and supported, and that pain is
year and is open to organizations with a
understood, prevented and effectively treated
demonstrated interest in improving national
throughout Canada.
and provincial pain care public policy.
12
participating hospitals or clinics across the country.
9
participating provincial or national healthcare associations.
Other recent CPCF meetings have featured
Comprised of more than 125 individuals,
updates
representing more than 90 organizations
PainCanada, the Power Over Pain Portal,
from across the country, the CPCF provides
and the Circa Pain Research Project.
from
organizations
such
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educational sessions that seek to address 27