In partnership with PCA and PCWA, PCNSW is pleased to launch its new Carer Booklet. This is a comprehensive resource for carers that you can download from our website. Caring for someone as they approach the end of their life can be both rewarding and demanding. For some carers it proves to be a privilege, [...]
PCNSW and the Conference Organising Committee have come to the difficult decision to not only postpone the 2020 conference until next year, but instead cancel it and see you all again in 2022. We hope that you will understand our decision to do this is so that we can come together in the way we [...]
The Management Committee of Palliative Care New South Wales (PCNSW) thanks is inviting nominations from PCNSW members who are willing to contribute to the governance of PCNSW and its work, to ensure that all people with a life limiting illness and their families are supported to live, die and grieve well. The Management Committee is [...]
Are you a carer? Every two years Carers NSW undertakes a survey to ask carers about their experiences and find out what supports they need. This year for the first time the survey is going national. The data gathered in this research will help to advocate for carers, influence policymakers, and plan for service delivery [...]
As many of you will know, at this time of year we are all usually catching up at the PCNSW Professional Education Day, to learn, network and reconnect with colleagues. Unfortunately this year we are unable to connect in person, but we have been able to move our platform for learning into a virtual space. [...]
This year, 2020, is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, who is known as the founder of modern nursing. Because of this, the World Health Assembly has chosen 2020 to be the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Nurses and midwives play a vital role providing health services all around the [...]
The Cancer Nurses Society of Australia will be holding its 23rd Annual Congress next year at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. The theme is 'Precision Care Everywhere'. The program commences on Thursday 18 June 2020 with a series of pre-congress symposia followed by a two-day congress program featuring plenary and concurrent sessions. The congress [...]
