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National Palliative Care Awards – Closing 10 July
20 June 2019
Do you know an individual or team who is making a difference in palliative care? Why not acknowledge their work and nominate them for the National Palliative Care Awards? Palliative Care Australia’s National Palliative Care Awards seek to recognise innovation, teamwork and emerging talent in the palliative care sector. The awards reward the efforts of those […]
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WA Palliative Care Awards and induction of honorary life member 2019
30 May 2019
Induction of Dr Douglas Bridge as a Honorary Life Member A highlight of the 2019 Awards Ceremony was the induction of Dr Douglas Bridge as an honorary life member of Palliative Care WA. Our President, Dr Elissa Campbell said “it was such a privilege to be able to present Doug with his honorary life membership”. […]
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Launch of Palliative Care WA Emerging Leaders Network
30 May 2019
Emerging Leaders Network We were delighted to launch the Emerging Leaders Network on at the Awards Dinner in May 2019 and hear from Samantha Bowen, who is on a mission to help emerging leaders build a workplace that they can thrive in. The Network has been established as a sub-group of individual members of PCWA. The […]
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E-News February 2019
25 February 2019
Welcome to our February 2019 E-News. Included in this edition: Save the date for National Palliative Care Week activities including our inaugural Awards Dinner. Next quarterly forum: 12 March 2019, including the launch of the revised Palliative Caring Booklet. Wrap up of the End of Life Choices Forum Series caring@home resources for community service providers, health […]
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Aboriginal Health Worker wins Leadership and Innovation Award
29 November 2018
Congratulations to Kimika Lee of Broome, winner of the Horizon Power Leadership and Innovation Award at the recent WA Regional Achievement and Community Awards. Kimika is an Aboriginal Health Worker, in Specialist Palliative Care. Her leadership has inspired others and her work has made a significant impact on the access, experiences and outcomes of Aboriginal […]
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Vale – Dr Douglas MacAdam
29 November 2018
We recognise the passing of Dr Douglas McAdam who was a pioneer of palliative care medicine in Western Australia. Dr MacAdam died on 17 October. Douglas Macadam was a remarkable man. He was a general practitioner, teacher, innovator and pioneer. He did theological training concurrently with his medical degree, and was an ordained minister in […]
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CEO Roundtable – September 2018
29 November 2018
In September we hosted the last roundtable of the year with Federal Minister Hon Ken Wyatt. Topics included the Parliamentary report on End of Life Choices, Palliative care issues in aged care, our proposed Advance Care Planning Campaign for 2019 and the Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration. Communique 2
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eNews November 2018
29 November 2018
e-News – November 2018 Welcome to our last e-News of 2018. Our Annual Report is now available online. We hope you can join us for our AGM next Tuesday (4 December). Please book via Eventbrite. It’s been a busy few months in the PCWA office with lots of community workshops, forums on the End of […]
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Vale: Bernadette Lloyd
27 August 2018
We recognise and commemorate the life and work of social worker Bernadette Lloyd who died earlier this year after an eight-month journey with cancer. Bernadette began her journey in palliative care work at the Cottage Hospice, Shenton Park where she worked until it closed. Following this, she moved to Bethesda Hospital’s palliative care unit. Bernadette […]
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