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.
03 Dec 2024
Be the voice for better care: Call for Abstracts for 25OPCC
Be the voice for better care and help us lead the discussion at the 2025 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference (25OPCC) in Brisbane from 10–12 September 2025.
25 Nov 2024
Palliative Care Australia and members make access to palliative care an election issue
Current data presents a confronting picture of access to palliative care in Australia now and in the future. On our current path the situation facing people and families living with terminal illness is critical and will only get worse.
22 Nov 2024
Implementation will be key to success of Aged Care Act
This week’s bipartisan support for the Aged Care Act in parliament is a significant step forward in making sure palliative care is embedded within aged care.
05 Nov 2024
Early bird registration open for 2025 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference in Brisbane!
The wait is finally over! Early bird registration is now open for the 2025 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference (25OPCC), 10 - 12 September 2025 in beautiful Brisbane.
