Be Pain Smart  - Patient Story

Acknowledgements

Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI)

Chronic Pain and Brain Injury Project Team

  • Dr Regina Schultz, Chronic Pain and Brain Injury Project Manager
  • Jenni Johnson, Trauma, Pain and Rehabilitation Stream Manager
  • Marion Fisher, Co Network Manager Brain Injury Rehabilitation Directorate (BIRD)
  • Barby Strettles, Co Network Manager Brain Injury Rehabilitation Directorate (BIRD)
  • Susan Rogers, Pain Management Network Manager

Steering Committee

  • Dr Adeline Hodgkinson, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Directorate (BIRD) Clinical Director and Co-Chair
  • Dr Alexander Smith,  Consumer Representative, University of NSW
  • Amal Helou, Nurse Practitioner
  • Bronwyn Thomas, Senior Physiotherapist, Westmead: Kids Rehab, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network,
  • Dr Clayton King, Director, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service, Royal Rehab
  • Jacqueline Scott, Service Development Manager, Care Innovation & Excellence, Care and Community, icare
  • Dr Jane Wheatley, Clinical Psychologist, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
  • Martin Lefmann, Physiotherapist, New England Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service, Tamworth
  • Prof Philip Siddall, Pain Physician, Greenwich Hospital
  • Robert Scherf, Psychologist New England Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service, Tamworth
  • Dr Susie Lloyd, Senior Staff Specialist, Children's Complex Pain Service, John Hunter Children’s Hospital
  • Suzanne Lulham, Director, Service Delivery, Lifetime Care and Support Authority, icare
  • Trina Moyes, Manager, Supervision, Employer Supervision and Return to Work Team at NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority

The project was funded by a grant from the Lifetime Care and Support Authority/icare as part of the Chronic Pain and Brain Injury Project. The website is managed by the Agency for Clinical Innovation.