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Palliative Care WA is the peak body for the palliative care sector across Western Australia.
The organisation’s Vision is that all people with life-limiting illnesses or conditions, and those important to them, are supported to live, die and grieve well.
A member-based, not-for-profit organisation, our Mission is to support and strengthen the collective voice and impact of the palliative care community, including people with a life-limiting illness or condition and those important to them, carers, health care professionals, volunteers, government and other organisations.
Our Purpose is to have a meaningful impact for people with a life-limiting illness or condition, our members and partners through raising awareness of, and increasing accessibility to, palliative care.
Our work is guided by a set of key Values:
Our Strategic Plan 2024-2027 guides the direction and focus of the organisation and provides a road map for achieving our vision that all people with life-limiting illnesses or conditions, and those important to them, are supported to live, die and grieve well.
We do this by:
Our membership includes professionals working in the palliative care, aged care and community sectors, organisations providing palliative care services, researchers, policy makers, allied health professionals and other members of the community who support our vision.
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Palliative Care WA is a member-based not-for-profit organisation. Every member directly contributes to the capacity and sustainability of our role as your peak…
Palliative Care WA is a member-based, not-for-profit organisation governed by a voluntary Board of Management according to the PCWA Rules of Association.
Palliative Care WA produces a variety of informative reports and publications, including Annual Reports, Financial Reports, governance and strategy documents, and reports from…
Meet CEO Mark Kinsela and the Palliative Care WA team
How you can help support our work You can help support our work by: becoming an individual member or an organisational member making…
The Board of Palliative Care WA awards Honorary Life Memberships to individuals who have provided outstanding service to the cause of palliative care…
Our ‘In Good Company’ event on Wednesday 8 July 2026 offers informal and respectful conversation, exploring how voluntary assisted dying and palliative care can together support a person’s end-of-life choices. The…
Palliative Care WA congratulated Health Minister Meredith Hammat MLA, the Cook Government, and the WA Department of Health’s End-of-Life Care Program for their ongoing commitment to improving end-of-life and palliative…
The 2026 Palliative Care Summit promises to be the best yet. Save the date – 12 November 2026 – for “Innovation at the Heart of Care – AI and technology…
A big thank you to all our sponsors and supporters together with community members who supported our National Palliative Care Week 2026 events and activities. We very much appreciate you…
Health Minister Meredith Hammat today opened Western Australia’s National Palliative Care Week 2026 sector breakfast, bringing together leaders from across the health, aged care and community sectors to recognise the…
National Palliative Care Week starts tomorrow! Visit our website to see what’s happening in WA, including Advance Care Planning workshops, a sector breakfast, a workshop on palliative caring, workshops on…
Palliative Care WA is pleased to announce that Palliative Care Physician Dr Ellen (Ellie) Knight has joined the Board of Palliative Care WA. Dr Knight FRACP AFRACMA works in both…
Your membership plays an important role in enabling us to represent and connect the palliative care sector across Western Australia, and to advocate for better access, coordination and outcomes for…
We greatly value your input into what we do as the peak body for Palliative Care in WA. To help us gather data around how we proceed in the next…
Our annual awareness raising campaign, National Palliative Care Week 2026, running from 10 to 16 May is just around the corner. This year’s theme – ‘Getting to the heart of…
Tickets are now on sale for our annual sector breakfast on Tuesday 12 May for National Palliative Care Week 2026 (110 to 16 May). This year the breakfast will focus…
Esperance community members learnt all about Advance Care Planning last week when PCWA team members Sabena and Julia visited the south-east coastal community. Our two workshops – My Future Care…
