Events are a great way to stay connected with the health workforce and volunteers in the palliative care community. Here are the upcoming events:
4 February 2018 – World Cancer Day
5 March 2018 – NSW Network of Managers of Palliative Care Volunteer Services – March Quarterly Meeting, Palliative Care NSW, 414 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW
16 March 2018 – NSW Health Volunteers’ Appreciation Day
20 March 2018 – World Social Work Day
7 April 2018 – World Health Day 2018
9-10 April 2018 – 2018 Patient Experience Symposium, Sydney
12 April – Ethical Issues in Ageing Webinar Series: End of Life webinar (ASID & PCNSW)
16 April – Spirituality and Reflective Practice in Palliative Care Forum (PCNSW), Mt Druitt
2 May – Seminar Being Present: Spirituality, Art and Experience in Palliative Care (PCNSW), Port Macquarie
7-8 May 2018 – NSW Managers of Palliative Care Volunteer Services Conference, Coolangatta Estate, NSW
12 May 2018 – International Nurses Day
20–26 May 2018 – National Palliative Care Week
20 May 2018 – National Palliative Care Week launch, Art Gallery of NSW.
25 May 2018 – PCNSW Professional Education Forum 2018, Rooty Hill RSL
28 May 2018 – Dying2Learn Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) commences
30 May-2 June 2018 –3rd International Children’s Palliative Care Network Conference in Durban, South Africa
31 May – IMPACCT NSW Improving Palliative Care in Acute Hospitals forum, Concord Hospital.
1 June 2018 – Nepean Blue Mountains LHD Annual Supportive and Palliative Care Conference, Penrith
4 June 2018 – NSW Network of Managers of Palliative Care Volunteer Services – June Quarterly Meeting, Palliative Care NSW, 414 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW
19 June 2018 – Seminar Being Present: Spirituality, Disruption and Reflection in Palliative Care, Warilla (Illawarra/Shoalhaven)
21-23 June: Cancer Nurses Society of Australia Annual Congress, Brisbane
22 June – Mt Druitt SPCU Roaring 20s Soiree 20th birthday celebration [pdf, 454kb], Luddenham
6-10 August 2018 – Australian Grief and Bereavement Conference, Manly
3 September 2018 – NSW Network of Managers of Palliative Care Volunteer Services – September Quarterly Meeting, Palliative Care NSW, 414 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW
13 October 2018 – World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
17 October 2018 – Palliative Care Community Forum (WSLHD), Blacktown Workers Club (6pm for 6.30pm start, free event – all welcome)
8-10 November 2018 – Palliative Care NSW 2018 Biennial State Conference, Kiama (includes the PCNSW AGM 2018)
4-10 December 2018 – Human Rights Week
5 December 2018 – International Day of the Volunteer
10 December 2018 – NSW Network of Managers of Palliative Care Volunteer Services – December Quarterly Meeting, Palliative Care NSW, 414 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW (followed by Christmas event)
For other events see the CareSearch Conferences webpage and CareSearch Short Courses and Workshops webpage.
10-13 September – Biennial Australian Palliative Care Conference (Palliative Care Australia), Perth, WA.
13-15 October – 6th Public Health Palliative Care International Conference, Leura, NSW.