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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…
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Congratulations Veronica!
19 September 2019
Each day across Australia, thousands of individuals and teams are working in palliative care to make a positive difference to the lives of people living with a life-limiting illness. Some…
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Describing a good death
19 September 2019
At our Dying Well community forum we asked everyone – attendees and panel members – to describe a good death in 3 words. Responses were written on post-it notes and…