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The CEO Roundtable on Palliative Care provides high level advice to State and Federal Government on palliative care issues in WA. The Roundtable is facilitated by Palliative Care WA with CEO’s drawn from PCWA member organisations within the health and community service sectors.
On September 7 2018, the Roundtable met with Federal Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care and Indigenous Health, Hon Ken Wyatt MP to discuss palliative care in aged care, advance care planning, the recent WA Parliamentary Report on End of Life Choices and other issues of importance to the sector. You can read about the discussion and outcomes of the meeting in the latest Communique from the CEO Roundtable.
PALLIATIVE CARE WA INCORPORATED Western Australian Association Number A0822230Y NOTICE is given that the Annual General Meeting of the members of the above Association will be held at The Boulevard…
When Jan McKay joined the Lasting Words program in 2019, she was looking for an opportunity to put her newly acquired oral history skills to good use. “Like so many…
Palliative Care WA is inviting nominations from members interested in joining the Board in 2027. In accordance with our Rules of Association, the election of office holders and other Board…
Palliative Care WA is inviting expressions of interest to join the new WA Advance Care Planning (ACP) Community of Practice (CoP), commencing in November 2026. The initiative will bring together…
Palliative Care WA welcomes the unanimous support of the WA Legislative Council for a motion that brings renewed focus and transparency to the progress of palliative care. The motion, moved…
Over the past few months, I have had the opportunity to meet many of the people who make up Western Australia’s palliative care community. What stands out is the extraordinary…
More than 300 people joined Palliative Care WA’s National Palliative Care Week Breakfast at Fraser’s in Kings Park, Perth, as well as satellite events in Albany, Bunbury and Karratha, to…
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…
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…
