Media Releases
Palliative Care Australia is an authoritative source on a range of subjects to do with palliative care, dying, bereavement, caring for the dying and the health system.
Contact:
Frith Rayner
Communications and Engagement Manager
Email: frith@s205640.gridserver.com
Phone: 0400 45 99 88
For more information about people working in palliative care see our Palliative Care People page.
Media releases
Archive
- Coping with grief in the festive season - 15 December 2015 (pdf - 420 kB)
- Medicinal cannabis regulatory changes a step in the right direction - 02 December 2015 (pdf - 423 kB)
- Budget wishes for palliative care - 24 November 2015 (pdf - 494 kB)
- Talking about death and dying important - 09 November 2015 (pdf - 492 kB)
- Private health insurance consultation valuable - 29 October 2015 (pdf - 419 kB)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health plan a good step forward - 22 October 2015 (pdf - 494 kB)
- Toolkit to help secondary breast cancer patients navigate palliative care - 14 October 2015 (pdf - 427 kB)
- New film celebrates diverse roles of palliative care - 10 October 2015 (pdf - 431 kB)
- Recognising the patients who miss out on palliative care - 09 October 2015 (pdf - 437 kB)
- Social media – breaking down palliative care barriers - 09 October 2015 (pdf - 503 kB)
- Helping dying patients made easier - 09 October 2015 (pdf - 498 kB)
- Gender and sexuality should not be barriers to quality healthcare - 08 October 2015 (pdf - 494 kB)
- Access to palliative care makes Australia a good place to die - 07 October 2015 (pdf - 495 kB)
- New health ministry broadens focus on care - 30 September 2015 (pdf - 423 kB)
- Recognising the value of palliative care – AIHW report - 23 September 2015 (pdf - 498 kB)
- Three Ministers with a focus on health welcomed - 21 September 2015 (pdf - 420 kB)
- Alzheimer’s sufferers need better access to palliative care - 21 September 2015 (pdf - 421 kB)
- What we don’t know might hurt us – the medicinal cannabis debate - 15 September 2015 (pdf - 420 kB)
- Palliative care workers challenged to change Australia’s cultural taboo around dying - 04 September 2015 (pdf - 493 kB)
- Australian palliative care workers recognised - 04 September 2015 (pdf - 495 kB)
- Australian project building palliative care capacity in India - 04 September 2015 (pdf - 421 kB)
- Emerging researcher making a difference in palliative care - 04 September 2015 (pdf - 422 kB)
- WA social worker named palliative care Emerging Leader - 04 September 2015 (pdf - 421 kB)
- Teamwork a priority in award winning palliative care service - 04 September 2015 (pdf - 423 kB)
- Social media expert encourages palliative care professionals to log on - 03 September 2015 (pdf - 494 kB)
- Diverse issues discussed at Australia’s largest palliative care conference - 02 September 2015 (pdf - 497 kB)
- Talking about dying still difficult for health professionals - 02 September 2015 (pdf - 529 kB)
- Continuing to work may be important at end of life - 24 August 2015 (pdf - 606 kB)
- Yes I am dying, but I am a person, not a disease - 17 August 2015 (pdf - 557 kB)
- Dementia funding catalyst for better care and understanding - 07 August 2015 (pdf - 466 kB)
- Indigenous palliative care the focus of 2015 Ian Maddocks Lecture - 07 August 2015 (pdf - 471 kB)
- Health insurance no guarantee Australians can access end of life care - 14 July 2015 (pdf - 467 kB)
- Investment in nursing bodes well for access to palliative care - 03 July 2015 (pdf - 456 kB)
- Palliative Care Australia announces inaugural national awards - 02 July 2015 (pdf - 467 kB)
- New statement aims to improve palliative care delivery in hospitals - 28 May 2015 (pdf - 477 kB)
- Educating all health workers in end of life is vital - 27 May 2015 (pdf - 454 kB)
- Guide to your social media afterlife launched - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 504 kB)
- Patient choice key to a good death - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 414 kB)
- Lone Pines recognise connection of hospice and veterans - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 461 kB)
- A better deal needed for palliative care services in rural Australia - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 378 kB)
- Survey signals support for medicinal cannabis in Australia - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 531 kB)
- One trivia night to unite all - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 550 kB)
- Palliative care lost in Budget spending - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 472 kB)
- Government move supports living and dying well - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 466 kB)
- Palliative Care congratulates Senator Di Natale on Greens leadership - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 466 kB)
- Identifying ‘goals of care’ will help Aussies die better - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 469 kB)
- Special payments to GPs for palliative care questioned - 26 May 2015 ( - )
- Palliative Care important for kidney patients - 26 March 2015 (pdf - 466 kB)
- Closing the gap on Palliative Care remains a challenge - 19 March 2015 (pdf - 466 kB)
- PCA supports moves to legalise medicinal cannabis - 18 March 2015 (pdf - 467 kB)
- 40,000 Aussie 100+ years old will put pressure on palliative care - 05 March 2015 (pdf - 468 kB)
- Terminally ill children should not be missing out on quality palliative care - 12 February 2015 (pdf - 458 kB)
- Continued investment is the only way to Close the Gap - 11 February 2015 (pdf - 185 kB)
- TV Show highlights the need for Aussies to start talking about dying - 10 February 2015 (pdf - 194 kB)
- World Cancer Day: PCA and Moonshine Movies launch Marmaduke's story - 04 February 2015 (pdf - 192 kB)
- Patient choice, not doctor tool, should determine care - 23 January 2015 (pdf - 199 kB)
- Palliative Care Australia welcomes Sussan Ley to health portfolio - 22 December 2014 (pdf - 458 kB)
- Palliative care unites under new brand - 09 October 2014 (pdf - 491 kB)
- New CEO for Palliative Care Australia - 26 September 2014 (pdf - 140 kB)
- Demand for palliative care increasing, but most miss out - 24 September 2014 (pdf - 141 kB)
- Palliative care should be available for those with Chronic or End Stage Kidney Disease, when and where they need it - 26 August 2014 (pdf - 111 kB)
- National Palliative Care Standards Review: Input Needed - 20 August 2014 (pdf - 123 kB)
- PCA farewells inspirational CEO - 21 July 2014 (pdf - 445 kB)
- Vulnerable homeless need palliative care - 19 June 2014 (pdf - 126 kB)
- 10 tips to die the way you want because #YODO (you only die once) - 29 May 2014 (pdf - 630 kB)
- 25% funding boost for palliative care programs - 29 May 2014 (pdf - 123 kB)
- Australians turn to GPs for advice on preparing to die, survey - 27 May 2014 (pdf - 696 kB)
- Australians aren't 'prepared to die', survey - 27 May 2014 (pdf - 69 kB)
- World Health Assembly unanimously passes the resolution on palliative care - 22 May 2014 (pdf - 140 kB)
- Infographic of survey results - 21 May 2014 (pdf - 1,018 kB)
- Palliative Care is not an optional extra - 13 May 2014 ( - )
- Close the Gap Day: A call to end Indigenous Health Inequality - 20 March 2014 (pdf - 142 kB)
- Education the key to improving end of life care for people with dementia - 12 February 2014 (pdf - 129 kB)
- The Gap is closing but continued effort needed - 12 February 2014 (pdf - 366 kB)
- Myth busting for World Cancer Day - 04 February 2014 (pdf - 125 kB)
- 10 steps to Budget savings through palliative care - 30 January 2014 (pdf - 83 kB)
- New report highlights unmet palliative care need and inequity across the Western Pacific Region - 29 January 2014 (pdf - 142 kB)
- Australia sponsors ground breaking palliative care resolution in Geneva - 24 January 2014 (pdf - 241 kB)
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