18 Mar 2025
Collaboration in action: strengthening paediatric palliative care education
Collaboration in action: strengthening paediatric palliative care education
07 Mar 2025
Pain relief medicines ‘Made in Australia’ it just makes sense
Pain relief medicines ‘Made in Australia’ it just makes sense
06 Mar 2025
With over 480 thought-provoking abstracts, 25OPCC is shaping up for success
With over 480 thought-provoking abstracts, 25OPCC is shaping up for success
28 Feb 2025
Palliative care needs to be part of Medicare reforms
Palliative care needs to be part of Medicare reforms
18 Feb 2025
Shortages of pain relief medications unresolved – still!
Growing shortages of essential palliative care medicines in Australia are having a devastating impact on patients, especially those nearing the end of life, and the clinicians who care for them. “Patients are suffering unnecessarily, enduring heightened pain and distress, because the medications that typically control their symptoms are either unavailable or prohibitively expensive,” says Dr Peter Allcroft, Chair, Palliative Care Australia.
07 Feb 2025
Australians are making a noise about better access to palliative care
Australians are responding to the call for ‘better access to palliative care’ with thousands of people joining Jean Kittson to “make some noise.”
18 Dec 2024
Celebrating a year of innovation and collaboration in paediatric palliative care
As the year draws to a close, the dedicated team behind PCA’s 'Shaping the Future of Paediatric Palliative Care' project celebrates a year of innovation and collaboration.
17 Dec 2024
PCA's 2024/25 summer playlist and reading library
Holidays are a great opportunity to catch up on things that were a challenge to squeeze in during 'normal times' - even if you are working we hope summer opens up some extra time for you and is a chance to slow down.
17 Dec 2024
2024 - a year of reform that points to work still to be done
Thank you for your interest in the work of Palliative Care Australia (PCA) during 2024.
11 Dec 2024
Health groups call for dying patients to receive free pain relief amid critical medicines shortage
Key health organisations have released an 11 point plan to address ongoing shortages of critical pain relief medicines.