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26 May 2020
Calls For Palliative Care Reform In Post COVID-19 World
A new report released today has called for an overhaul of the palliative care system in Australia, calling for an additional annual investment of $365 million to bring the system up to speed in a […]
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25 May 2020
A Virtual Morning Tea with Special Guests
A Virtual Morning Tea with Special Guests: The importance of “comfort, compassion and connection” in end-of-life care was hosted on Facebook today, Monday, 25 May 2020. As part of National Palliative Care Week, His Excellency […]
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24 May 2020
National Palliative Care Week 2020 Launch
Palliative Care is more than you think! While conversations about palliative care have gained prominence recently as part of the Australian health response to COVID-19, there are still many misconceptions within the community about what […]
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14 May 2020
Register to attend PCA’s Self-Care Matters online launch
PCA invites you to attend the online launch event for our new online self-care resource: Self-Care Matters during National Palliative Care Week. The resource has been authored and produced by well-respected self-care expert Dr Jason Mills, a […]
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28 April 2020
MBS telehealth items during COVID-19
PCA is on the record advocating on behalf of Palliative Medicine Specialists to have equity in the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), and that specifically during the COVID-19 crisis, that they have parity in billing through […]
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24 April 2020
The key role of palliative care in response to the COVID-19 tsunami of suffering
An article published in The Lancet highlights the key role of palliative care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Co-authors Lukas Radbruch, Felicia Marie Knaul, Liliana de Lima, Cornelis de Joncheere and Afsan Bhadelia worry […]
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14 April 2020
PCA calls for expanded telehealth capacity for palliative care
PCA has provided a submission to the Department of Health calling for expanded telehealth capacity through the MBS to support palliative care patients. This included calling for an expansion of existing palliative care MBS items (items 3004, […]
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9 April 2020
Personal connection during COVID-19
PCA Board Chair and Chair of the Australian COVID-19 Palliative Care Working Group (ACPCWG), Professor Meera Agar, spoke to 2GB broadcaster Ben Fordham yesterday on the importance of maintaining personal connections during the COVID-19 visitation […]
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6 April 2020
ACPCWG newsletter – Issue #1
The Australian COVID-19 Palliative Care Working Group has released its first newsletter today, as part of ongoing efforts to keep the palliative care sector informed and connected during this unprecedented and fast-changing pandemic. The newsletter […]
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6 April 2020
COVID-19: projecting compassion through the barrier of PPE
An opinion piece published in today’s MJA Insight+ considers what will make for compassionate health care in such a time of crisis? Author, Rachel Coghlan, a health professional, PhD candidate at the Centre for Humanitarian […]
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