In partnership with PCA and PCWA, PCNSW is pleased to launch its new Carer Booklet - Palliative Caring. 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 [...]
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, [...]
The NSW Government has announced another boost in funding to assist people approaching their end of life. The $56 million is being allocated from the 2020-21 NSW Budget in addition to the $220 million invested annually in palliative care. From July 1 2021, an additional 5000 End of Life home support packages will be made [...]
Palliative Care Australia (PCA) Board Chair Dr Jane Fischer says the organisation has updated its position statement on Palliative Care and Voluntary Assisted Dying for the first time since 2016, in light of the legislative change in Victoria and the current parliamentary action on the issue in other jurisdictions. “This position statement is the culmination [...]
Photo L-R: Peta McVey, PCNSW Management Committee member; Therese Smeal, PCNSW President; The Hon. Walt Secord MLC, Shadow Minister for Health; Linda Hansen, PCNSW Executive Officer; The Hon. Greg Donnelly MLC; Julie Flood, PCNSW Policy Officer; Jennifer Langton and Michael Foreman, First State Super; Megan Burke, PCNSW Policy Officer. Last night, members, guests, management and [...]
