This website may not work correctly in Internet Explorer. We recommend switching to a more secure modern web browser such as Microsoft Edge which is already installed on your computer.
Palliative Care WA’s CEO, Ms Lana Glogowski has welcomed the announcement in today’s state budget of an additional $41 million for palliative care in 2019-2020.
Speaking on radio 6PR this morning Ms Glogowski said “this additional funding commitment is a good first step and will go some way to ensuring that all Western Australians who need it have access to quality palliative care at end of life. We look forward to receiving more detail in the coming weeks about how this money will be allocated.”
Ms Glogowski highlighted the impact the baby boomer group will have on our health system and said “unless there is a significant injection of money and resources, people in this age group will not have early access to quality palliative care when required.
There is also a need to improve access to education for both our health providers and the community about what palliative care means and how wonderful palliative care can be for people with a life limiting illness.
She said that palliative care is not just a hospital-based service and mentioned the Silver Chain Hospice Care Service which operates in WA and gives people the opportunity to receive palliative care in their home. Ms Glogowski also highlighted the potential of GPs being able to provide palliative care services to their patients if they have received appropriate training.
Residents in rural WA, as well as Aboriginal and culturally diverse communities are particularly underserved and we are delighted to see the commitment for an Aged and Palliative Care Facility in Carnarvon in the budget.
It’s still not clear from the budget papers what the remaining $34 million allocated to End of Life Choices and Palliative Care Services will mean for the sector.
While Palliative Care WA welcomes Minister Cook’s announcement of a summit on palliative care we are still keen to explore the establishment of an expert panel to help identify critical priorities for improving the understanding and delivery of quality palliative care across Western Australia.
Palliative Care WA looks forward to working with members of the CEO Roundtable on Palliative Care and the Minister for Health to determine the best way to utilise palliative care funding in WA.
View the PDF here
Listen to Lana’s interview on 6PR this morning (9 May)
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…
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…
