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Paediatric palliative care resources
17 February 2020
There are two new resource booklets on paediatric palliative care now available online via Palliative Care Australia’s website. The resources were developed by Queensland University of Technology to support families…
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Sector consultation report
11 February 2020
To assist us in identifying strategic priorities for the coming year we held our first sector consultation immediately following last year’s AGM. We had an excellent turnout that included members…
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Chatting with Jenny Seaton
11 February 2020
Palliative Care WA CEO, Lana Glogowski and Board member Dr Simon Towler chatted with Jenny Seaton recently on Curtin FM about all things Advance Care Planning. They spoke in the…
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Barriers to Palliative Care
28 January 2020
The Federal Department of Health has released a series of reports and an accompanying summary policy paper covering the barriers to accessing quality palliative care for people from under-served populations…
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Consumer awareness campaign proven effective
23 January 2020
Evaluation results have proved that You only die once, Australia’s first Advance Care Planning consumer awareness campaign was highly successful. The primary purpose of this campaign, which was delivered in…
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Vale David Smeeton
21 January 2020
It is with great sadness that we note the death of past Board member David Smeeton. David attended the AGM of Palliative Care WA in 2015 and joined the then…
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Looking forward
6 December 2019
Thank you to everyone who attended this week’s AGM and Sector Consultation. It was wonderful to see such a high turnout of members and key stakeholders, particularly given the extremely…
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Compassionate Communities in Action
31 October 2019
Palliative Care WA team member Vicki Barry recently participated in the 6th Public Health Palliative Care International Conference Compassionate Communities in Action: Reclaiming Ageing, Dying and Grieving, which was held…
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Palliative Care Services Boosted in WA
10 October 2019
Palliative Care WA congratulates the McGowan Government for releasing another significant injection of funds into the improved delivery of palliative care in Western Australia. We recognise this is a significant…