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The Southern Metropolitan Region Palliative Care Consortium is an alliance of palliative care service providers that aims to support improvements in the integration and coordination of palliative care services. The Consortium includes services that work in the community (caring for people in their homes), in acute settings (caring for people in hospital) and in inpatient settings (hospices and palliative care units).

Palliative care is care provided to people of all ages who have a life limiting illness, with little or no prospect of cure, and for whom the primary treatment goal is quality of life.

Standards for Providing Quality Palliative Care for all Australians. Palliative Care Australia 2005

If you are a health care professional, a client, carer, volunteer or perhaps you simply want to know more about palliative care, this site has information about services in the region how they can be accessed.


LATEST NEWS

Palliative Care Professional Development for All Health Professionals 2012

Tuesday, 6 December 2011


The Centre for Palliative Care (CPC) at St Vincent’s Melbourne, in partnership with Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs at the University of Melbourne is pleased to again offer the Specialist Certificate in Palliative Care (Adult or Paediatric) in 2012. These postgraduate award programs consist of two 12.5 credit point subjects and have been developed for health professionals (all disciplines) who are required to provide palliative care in the course of their work. In addition, some components of the award courses will be offered as individual non- award programs. We recommend the non award programs to generalist health care professionals and/or those working in specialist palliative care who are interested in updating their skills ...[Go to full story]

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Coming Events
National Dementia Conference
Thursday, 23 February 2012
to Friday, 24 February 2012
Category:Conferences

3rd Annual National Dementia Congress ...[more]

Preparing for PCEHR
Monday, 19 March 2012
Category:Conferences

With less than a year to go before the National Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (PCEHR) system becomes available to all Australians who choose to register online, it is time to prepare your organisation for the changes ahead ...[more]

In Their Shoes
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Category:Health Promotion

Practical steps for health literacy and patient centred care ...[more]

Hospital Patient Costing Conference
Thursday, 29 March 2012
to Friday, 30 March 2012
Category:Conferences

How much will your case mix cost you? ...[more]

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Latest Documents
SMRPCC Aged Care Newsletter Issue 2
Updated: Tuesday, 24 January 2012
ACCV Short Course - A Palliative Approach
Upcoming ACCV Short Courses 2012
Aged Care Forums - End of Life Care Pathways
Aged Care Forums - Summary of Priorities
Updated: Wednesday, 7 December 2011

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Health Care Professionals - essential information about palliative care services and accessing these services. Volunteers - learn how you can become a volunteer, where you can volunteer and the training opportunities that are available. Patient & Carers Information - everything you need to know about the support and services available in the southern region. Events Calendar provides information about important up coming Palliative Care events. Palliative Care Services Locater helps you find your nearest palliative care service provider.