Category Archives: News
Member profile: Jon San Martin
Jon San Martin is a valued member of PCNSW and is a registered nurse with...
Achieving your New Year Career and Professional Development Resolutions
The New Year is a symbolic representation of a fresh start, giving us the chance...
Palliative Care for People Living with Dementia
Dementia has a profound effect on our community. In Australia, it is the leading cause...
New temporarily PBS listings for morphine sulfate will be effective from 1 December 2023.
In early December we shared this article regarding ongoing pain medicine shortages. Since that article,...
2nd Edition of the National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for safe and high-quality end-of-life care
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has reviewed and published the...
Consultation on the draft new Aged Care Act
On December 14 2023, the Department of Health & Aged Care released an exposure draft...
Improving Death Literacy in the Community
On Tuesday 12th December, Palliative Care NSW (PCNSW) hosted a Death Café at Newtown Neighbourhood...
Further evidence of the economic benefits of Palliative Care
On Wednesday 22nd November, Palliative Care NSW attended the Centre for Palliative Care’s annual lecture...
Celebrating 70 Years of Meals on Wheels with a Nutritious Cake
Meals on Wheels has been providing Australian communities with nutritious meals, social connection, and wellbeing checks...
International Volunteer Day
International Volunteer Day, is marked annually on December 5th. This day was established as an...
10 Questions to Ask Now Available in 15 other languages
These newly translated resources were launched at Parliament House today in Canberra which was attended...
Cultural attitudes towards palliative care
To better understand the care preferences of individuals from different cultural backgrounds it is recommended...