Population Allied healthcare

Overburdened – too many

Low-income/SES population patients need their services

Limited appointments
Patients are uneducated
Patients wait too long for
follow-up sessions
Osteoarthritis is prevalent (often
linked to manual labour jobs) Often overlooked/ Chronic
underutilised by doctors pain
patients
burdening
Can’t put non-cancer patients on the
Limited time in consultations for healthcare
long term opioids (morphine etc)
extensive patient education system

Limited financial resources to Doesn’t treat psychological

employ more staff aspect of pain

Often exhausted without

More acute conditions
full pain control
get attention

Healthcare system Medical management of pain