Chronic pain is a feature of many neurological disorders. So, EFNA will once again be supporting the Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) Symposium. The event takes place in the European Parliament on November 18th 2014. More details can be found below…
Pain Therapy and Palliative Care will be tackled as Healthcare priorities by the EU Council under the Italian Presidency. The symposium aims to ensure that pain and palliative care become long term EU and National Health priorities too. Four interactive panel discussions involving key stakeholders in Europe will define what needs to be done to achieve this objective.
Nick Ross, one of the most renowned European journalists and scientific moderators, will lead the discussions. He has a long interest and involvement with healthcare policy and an interest in pain management.
The event is open to policy makers and those who influence EU Health Policy i.e. politicians, insurers, economists, patient advocates, industry, journalists, etc.
If you are interested in participating in what is likely to be an intense and exiting debate on defining a strategy to make chronic pain and palliative care political priorities, you can register to take part here: https://www.regonline.com/sip2014
* Nick Ross : Chairman Wales Cancer Bank, President of HealthWatch (UK charity promoting evidence-based medicine), trustee Sense About Science (promotes scientific literacy), Chairman Evidence Matters (promotes evidence-based public policy), trustee UK Stem Cell Foundation (funds stem cell research), Fellow Royal Society of Medicine, Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow UCL, adviser London Health Review, patron various health charities, etc. Former member: UK Gene Therapy Advisory Committee, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Royal College of Physicians Committee on Ethical Issues in Medicine, NHS Review Team, Academy of Medical Sciences Review of Non-Human Primate Use in Medical Research, etc
Please save the dates November 17th ( late afternoon arrival ) -18th ( full day event in the European Parliament , Brussels ) , more details to follow
Please join the discussion on the SIP Group on LinkedIn !
SIP Symposium – November 17-18th , 2014
Pain therapy and Palliative Care will be tackled as Healthcare priorities by the EU council under the Italian Presidency !
Four interactive panel discussions involving key stakeholders in Europe will define what needs to be done now to ensure that pain and palliative care become long term EU and National Health priorities as well !
Link to the SIP website announcement
The SIP programme committee announced earlier this year that SIP symposium 2014 will be hosted on November 17th and 18th . The decision to move the annual SIP event to the second semester this year is due to the exciting news that the Italian department of European Affairs announced that it intends to list pain therapy and palliative care as priorities to be addressed during their presidency of the EU council . This means that for the first time ever during the Italian Presidency of the EU Council all EU Health Ministers will be discussing the societal burden of Chronic Pain and Palliative Care and will be debating how to address this priority in the years to come.
Here you can find the link to the official document where it is stated on page 100 ( translated from Italian) : During the Presidency semester the themes of pain therapy and palliative care will be tackled: topical issues thanks to the progresses in medicine and on which our country wants to share its own experience with other member states.
Considering the importance of this announcement it was also decided to celebrate the 5th SIP symposium by inviting Nick Ross, one of the most renowned European journalists and scientific moderators to lead four interactive panel discussions. Nick Ross has a long interest and involvement with healthcare policy and an interest in pain management ( you can find a brief CV below* and here a link to his website)
Therefore policy makers and those who influence EU Health Policy i.e. politicians , insurers , economists , patient advocates , industry , journalists and all other key stakeholders are invited to join an intense and exiting debate to define what needs to be done now to ensure that chronic pain and palliative care will become an EU and National Health Policy priority also in the long term.
* Nick Ross : Chairman Wales Cancer Bank, President of HealthWatch (UK charity promoting evidence-based medicine), trustee Sense About Science (promotes scientific literacy), Chairman Evidence Matters (promotes evidence-based public policy), trustee UK Stem Cell Foundation (funds stem cell research), Fellow Royal Society of Medicine, Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow UCL, adviser London Health Review, patron various health charities, etc. Former member: UK Gene Therapy Advisory Committee, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Royal College of Physicians Committee on Ethical Issues in Medicine, NHS Review Team, Academy of Medical Sciences Review of Non-Human Primate Use in Medical Research, etc
Please save the dates November 17th ( late afternoon arrival ) -18th ( full day event in the European Parliament , Brussels ) , more details to follow
Please join the discussion on the SIP Group on LinkedIn !
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