Category Archives: Health Professionals

ACP-i 2025 Scholarship Recipient insights

Palliative Care NSW (PCNSW) with the funding support of the NSW Ministry of Health was...

Global Insights from the Advance Care Planning International Conference 2025

Attending the 9th Advance Care Planning International Conference (ACP-i 2025) on the Gold Coast was...

National Palliative Care Standards Community of Practice (CoP)

The Community of Practice (CoP) has been created by Palliative Care Australia (PCA) to bring together specialist palliative care...

New Paediatric Palliative Care Decision-Making Tool helps health professionals ‘Know the Right Time’ for referrals

Palliative Care Australia (PCA) has launched a new Timely Referral Paediatric Palliative Care Decision-Making Guideline Tool,...

Improving Access and Understanding with New Translated Resources

In recognition of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, celebrated annually on the 11th of...

Prescribing rights extended to qualified and endorsed registered nurses (RNs)

The Registration standard: Endorsement for scheduled medicines – designated registered nurse prescriber came into effect on 30...

Conversations That Count: A Webinar on Advance Care Planning and Dementia

We extend our heartfelt thanks to Dementia Australia and Deb Sullivan, Senior Clinical Nurse Consultant, for her insightful...

Dementia Programs and Support

With dementia now the leading cause of death in Australia, according to the latest Australian...

New Caring@home Resources for First Nations Families

Caring@home has released new culturally tailored resources developed to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families...

Improving Palliative Care for People with Intellectual Disability

Ensuring access to quality palliative care for everyone means paying close attention to the people...

Communication Skills in Palliative Care

Palliative Care NSW is pleased to have partnered with the Palliative & End-of-Life Care projects...

New training program to equip pharmacists with essential palliative care skills

Palliative Care NSW congratulates The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) on the launch of a...