Gold Coast Primary Health Network’s Persistent Pain Program: “Turning PAIN into GAIN” is a self-management pain education program which will run for two hours each month for six topics and a total of 12 months service navigation and assessment. Programs will run in the mornings from 10am to 12 noon.

Our initial and ongoing service assessments are held at our Varsity Lakes office. Education pain programs will be held in a variety of venues in Robina and Coolangatta. The choice will be the participant’s as to which venue is more convenient to them.

The patient has met ALL the following criteria to be eligible for the program:

• The patient has persisting pain which has lasted for more than 3-6 months
• The patient is not suitable for surgical or urgent pain specialist interventions
• The patient is not a palliative care patient
• The patient requires improved self-management strategies and skills to optimise ongoing care
• The patient is able to participate in group education

Able to give voluntary, informed consent for the ongoing collection of audit data.

GPs can refer patients by downloading the referral form here.

Search for Persistent Pain – Public Community Services. This is available to download into your medical software.

Any enquiries, please contact Joyce McSwan

Phone: 0412 327 795

Email: tpigpainprogram@painwise.com.au

Program Office Suite 4A, Level 2, 15 Lake Street, Varsity Lakes QLD 4227

A large number of local general practices and the rheumatology, persistent pain and neurosurgery departments at Gold Coast Hospital have already enrolled some of their patients into this program. General practices interested in referring their patients into the program should contact the Project Officer, Joyce McSwan via email: tpigpainprogram@painwise.com.au.

• Allied health information sheet – Persistent Pain Program information sheet
• Doctor information sheet – Persistent Pain Program information sheet

• Patient information sheet – Persistent Pain Program information sheet (PDF)
• QLD Health patient brochure – Persistent Pain