Excited to announce successful grant application to evaluate a nurse-led #gerionc model of care for #lungcancer pts. 🙏🏽 SPHERE Cancer Clinical Academic Group Prof Louise Hickman Meera agar Polly Dufton (she/her) Nicole Knox Gemma McErlean UNSW South West Sydney Clinical Campuses

Visual Summary: End-of-life care for children and young people #palliativecare #palliativepeace

A fantastic Day 1 of the #pcnsw2022 Conference. An insightful and enlightening day of learning Palliative Care NSW

Joan Ryan challenging us to think about the rights of vulnerable people to access #palliativecare and to find ways to increase access to care. How do we step outside our protocol driven models of care? #pcnsw2022 Palliative Care NSW

The increased incidences of disasters (floods, bushfire, COVID-19 etc.) means there is a great risk of experiencing homeless. What implications does this have for delivery and access to palliative care? Access to palliative care is a human right after all...

A fantastic start to Day 2 of the #pcnsw2022 Conference. Thank you Rachel Coghlan for sharing your incredible, heartbreaking experience working in Gaza Palliative Care NSW #palliativecare

An informative update on Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying program by A/Prof Violet Platt from Pallcarevic #pcnsw2022 Palliative Care NSW #palliativecare

Sushila Kadkha provides an overview of the NSW Royal North Shore palliative aged care service. Great to see the take up of Needs Rounds as part of their model of care. #pcnsw2022 Palliative Care NSW

The amazing Claudia Virdun presents her finding from the OPAL Project. An interesting and engaging session highlighting the importance of Patient Reported Measures #pcnsw2022 Palliative Care NSW #palliativecare

A brilliant presentation by the fantastic Anna Fulford from the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District. Allied Health professionals are pivotal in palliative care and are specialists in their own right! #pcnsw2022 Palliative Care NSW

Dr Kristin Bindley sharing lessons to inform practice with vulnerably positioned carers at end-of-life and in bereavement #pcnsw2022 Palliative Care NSW

Signing out from the Palliative Care NSW conference 2022! ✌🏾 We're feeling inspiring, invigorated and have made some great friends along the way. It's been great - see you in 2 years!

New- Those who experience trauma during childhood are 15 TIMES more likely to be diagnosed with borderline personality disorder later in life. Evidence from a sample of 93,000 Telling traumatised patients they have a disordered personality violates human rights. #TraumaNotPD

The palliative care community across Australia is thrilled to hear that former palliative care nurse Teresa Plane, 89, has been named the NSW Senior Australian of the Year! More 👉 ow.ly/ayVy50LtWEB

Meet Catherine, David and Jess, three staff members who connect us with the Aboriginal community. They share what they most enjoy about their role and the important work they do to improve #Aboriginalhealth outcomes in #ClinicianConnect: aci.health.nsw.gov.au/about/clinicia…

𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭. The most recent PCNSW AGM saw the election of 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 to the position of President Elect. We are delighted to welcome Felicity Burns as the new President of Palliative Care NSW. palliativecarensw.org.au/pcnsw-welcomes…

Public notice: Please involve your palliative care service if you are thinking of setting up a geriatric-oncology clinic. Some patients will be too frail for treatment and others will need optimal symptom management and support with their treatment.

Central Coast LHD is beaming with pride for their hospital volunteers who took out Team of the Year at the Regional NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards. Congratulations!! volunteerhub.com.au/award-winning-…

Innovation in palliative care - you love to see it! 🙌 nationalhealthexecutive.com/articles/innov…

Delighted to be representing ACU School of Allied Health Australian Catholic University at the 55th #AAGConf22. Come and visit me at the ACU booth to hear more about our #healthy #ageing research agenda & the Plunkett Centre’s Relational Care Framework for people living with dementia Elspeth Froude