26 Jun 2024
Shortages of critical pain relief continue – advice to clinicians
Long standing challenges around the supply of critical pain relief medicines continue to cause anxiety and leave patients, their families, and health professionals distressed.
17 Jun 2024
New National Core Community Palliative Care Medicines List
Palliative care patients need timely access to symptom control medicines to avoid unnecessary suffering or unnecessary transfers to hospital
13 Jun 2024
Thank you General Hurley and Mrs Hurley, your time as Patrons of Palliative Care Australia made an impact
On behalf of Palliative Care Australia (PCA) and the wider palliative care community we represent, I want to publicly thank His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d) and Mrs Linda Hurley who have served as PCA’s Patrons for the last five years.
12 Jun 2024
2024 National Palliative Care Week Lecture - Prof David Currow and 'The Future of the Care Economy'
In May 2024, Palliative Care Australia launched the National Palliative Care Week Lectur
24 May 2024
National Palliative Care Week 2024 – a landmark event for health and care sectors
‘Matters of life and death’ have been the central focus of National Palliative Care Week 2024.
23 May 2024
Distressing lack of access to palliative care highlighted in new data
New data released during National Palliative Care Week reveals the benefits of palliative care for those with a terminal diagnosis but also highlights a distressing lack of access to the symptom control, and social and emotional support palliative care offers.
22 May 2024
New tool to help parents and health professionals with ‘unfathomably difficult’ paediatric palliative care decisions
Navigating end-of-life care for a child or young person is unfathomably difficult. It is an emotionally challenging journey marked by difficult decisions – the location of where that care takes place is one of the biggest considerations.
21 May 2024
Palliative Medicine Institute needed to address care gaps for rural communities
People in rural Australia die earlier the further they live from major cities and yet they have less opportunity to receive specialist palliative care than their urban counterparts.
20 May 2024
Update to National Palliative Care Standards released
At a key moment in Australia’s health reform journey, the long-standing benchmark for the delivery of quality palliative care has been updated.
17 May 2024
National survey to highlight challenges and opportunities in delivering palliative care
A landmark survey has been launched at the start of National Palliative Care Week that seeks to identify the challenges, barriers, and successes in delivering or accessing palliative care in a range of health settings.
