Societal Impact of Pain - Initiatives

Raising awareness for chronic pain on national level

Following the official launch of the "Societal Impact of Pain - A Road Map for Action" on European level in the European Parliament on 4 May 2011, it is SIP's mission to raise awareness of the relevance of the impact that pain has on our societies, health and economic systems and to exchange information and share best-practices across all member states of the European Union. 

The following information shows different country initiatives, press activities and communication materials from European Member States to make aware of the societal impact of pain in their country. 

Auch in diesem Jahr zeichnet die Deutsche Schmerzgesellschaft e.V. wieder wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs mit dem seit 1987 von der Grünenthal GmbH gestifteten Förderpreis für Schmerzforschung aus. Mit diesem Preis werden Arbeiten im Bereich der anwendungsbezogenen Forschung und umgesetzten Grundlagenforschung gefördert, die einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur interdisziplinären praxisbezogenen Therapie akuter und chronischer Schmerzen geleistet haben. Der Preis richtet sich vorzugsweise an den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs aus den Fachgebieten Medizin, Psychologie und Naturwissenschaften. Bewerbungen können für Projekte aus einer der beiden folgenden Kategorien eingereicht werden: Kategorie 1: Klinische Forschung: Arbeiten, die klinische medizinische und/oder psychologische Untersuchungen zur Diagnostik und Therapie von Schmerzpatienten zum Gegenstand haben. Kategorie 2: Grundlagenforschung: Experimentelle Arbeiten, die auf Probleme der Pathogenese und/oder der pharmakologischen Forschung bei der Ätiologie, Diagnostik und Therapie von Schmerzen zentriert sind. Bewerbungen sind online durch Hochladen der geforderten Dokumente auf der Internetseite der Deutschen Schmerzgesellschaft möglich. Informationen hierzu und alle weiteren Infos zur Ausschreibung finden Sie hier.

Förderpreis für Schmerzforschung 2019

Auch in diesem Jahr zeichnet die Deutsche Schmerzgesellschaft e.V. wieder wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs mit dem seit 1987 von der Grünenthal GmbH gesti…

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The Societal Impact of Pain Forum, held for the first time in Spain, was organized by the Spanish Society of Pain (SED), representing the European Pain Federation (EFIC), the Spanish Society of Health Managers (SEDISA) and Pain Alliance Europe (PAE), with the collaboration of Active Citizen Network (ACN) and Grünenthal, follows the line of work of its European counterpart. This platform seeks to bring together all those professionals involved in decisions relating to pain and the quality of life of patients and has brought together patients from the General Alliance of Patients (AGP), Spanish Patients Forum (FEP) and Platform of Patient Organizations (POPs) to address the challenges faced in the care of pain, both acute and chronic, to advance in the improvement of the quality of care and its treatment in the different autonomous communities.

First SIP Spain Forum hosted in the Spanish Ministry of Heal…

The Societal Impact of Pain Forum, held for the first time in Spain, was organized by the Spanish Society of Pain (SED), representing the European Pai…

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On the 11th of December SIP Portugal met in Lisbon to discuss their mission and objectives and to launch officially another another SIP National platform. The meeting started with Dr. Ana Pedro from APED, also Chair of SIP Portugal, by approving the objectives of SIP PT. Their mission will be to decrease the societal impact of pain in Portugal by bringing together science & society, whereas the objectives are to: Unite all Portuguese organisations and societies advocating for better pain care in order to jointly define and foster pain care policies Ensure access to adequate pain treatment for all Portuguese citizens Decrease the stigma of pain as an invisible disease Promote more research into pain Foster prevention measures in order to decrease the number of people affected by pain Next steps will include writing a Position Paper to outline the burden that pain has on Portuguese society as well as the scope of actions for SIP PT. With this document it will be more efficient to approach relevant stakeholders and it will be finalized with the input of all Platform Members by the end of January 2019. The key meeting next year will take place as part of the National Day of Fight Against Pain on November 18, 2019. Next meeting of the Platform for the Social Impact of Pain in Portugal scheduled for February 4, 2019. Please read the complete official report from the meeting of SIP Portugal.

Launch Meeting of SIP Portugal

On the 11th of December SIP Portugal met in Lisbon to discuss their mission and objectives and to launch officially another another SIP National platf…

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At the SIP Steering Committee in Brussels on the 25th of Oktober Germany gave an overview of the policy and advocacy activities focused on pain in the country. They presented their strategy and the four main issues to be focused on in a presentation (attached).

Policy and Advocacy Activities on Pain in Germany

At the SIP Steering Committee in Brussels on the 25th of Oktober Germany gave an overview of the policy and advocacy activities focused on pain i…

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Representatives from countries with SIP related activities and national platforms provided an update on their activities and policy developments at the SIP Steering Committee in Brussels on the 25th of Oktober. SIP Spain, to be established in 2018, shared their objectives in a presentation (attached).

Updates SIP France October 2018

Representatives from countries with SIP related activities and national platforms provided an update on their activities and policy developments at th…

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