Category Archives: News

Celebrating 20 roaring years at Mt Druitt SPCU

Chances are you weren’t around in the 1920s. Nor was the Mt Druitt Supportive and...

Time to mobilise your mental mojo? Apply now for an ACI Research Grant!

Proposals due 31st March 2018, applications close 6th April. The ACI Palliative Care Network Executive Committee are...

Forum on Spirituality and Reflective Practice – Western Sydney event date change!

Note new date: Monday 16th April 2018, 0930-1200, Mt Druitt Hub 9 Ayers Grove, Mt Druitt...

‘What matters most?’ Downloads for National Palliative Care Week now available

NPCW 20-26 May 2018 The theme for this year’s National Palliative Care Week is ‘What matters...

International Women’s Day 2018

Today is International Women’s Day, a day in which we celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political...

‘Restrictive practices on a daily basis’: Submissions to RACF inquiry now published

Submissions have now closed into the Inquiry into the Quality of Care in Residential Aged...

Federal government funds PHNs for greater choice in palliative care at home

As part of this week’s launch of the new National Palliative Care Standards (5th edition), the...

2 years since her tragic death, calls for Gayle’s Law to be adopted nationally

Some 2 years have passed since the murder of Gayle Woodford, a remote area nurse...

Palliative Care Australia launches 5th edition of the National Palliative Care Standards

On Tuesday, Linda Hansen, Executive Officer Palliative Care NSW, attended the launch of the 5th edition of...

Survey on out of pocket costs for rural health care consumers

The National Rural Health Alliance and the Consumers Health Forum of Australia invite contributions to...

Artificial Intelligence, empathy & electronic caring

Recent developments in affective computing are developing the capacity for systems of artificial intelligence to...