Reports
From the CEO
Spring has sprung.
6 | Pallium
Welcome to our Spring edition of Pallium! We hope this edition finds all PCNSW members and their families well after what has been a tumultuous few months. We would first and foremost like to acknowledge the amazing job healthcare workers across NSW have done throughout this recent lockdown. Your tireless contributions do not go unnoticed or unappreciated and we are extremely grateful for all that you continue to do. As we move out of lockdown and into a COVIDnormal lifestyle we recognise there will likely be more challenges ahead, and we hope that you will contact us if there is anything we here at PCNSW can do to support you or your service. Most recently we enjoyed seeing many of you virtually at the Oceanic Palliative Care Conference. There were some wonderful presentations and workshops. Although we missed seeing everyone in-person for a cheeky drink at the end of each day we came away feeling inspired and motivated at the end of the conference. We hope you did too! You can still register at a much reduced rate if you would like to see it all, or you can watch it at any time for 12 months if you are a delegate. Speaking of conferences, we are excited to remind you all that our Biennial Conference will be going ahead in November 2022 in Terrigal. We are looking forward to reconvening with the Conference Organising Committee on the Central Coast to plan an amazing, in-person learning and networking experience for us all! Stay tuned for more details in the coming months. 3–6 November 2022: Save the date and book your leave now! Thank you to everyone who has renewed your membership for 2021–22! We have been thrilled to see so many new members join this year and look forward to working together with you
all over the next year. We value all of your contributions to Pallium and member emails and can’t wait to see you at future online and in-person education programs and social events that we are hoping will be more frequent moving forward! As many of you will be aware, Alex Greenwich MP introduced a new Bill into NSW Parliament last week, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021. PCNSW has been consulting with various Members of Parliament and others to discuss the importance of supporting and funding palliative care. We continue to have these discussions and advocate on behalf of our members and the general public to ensure everyone in NSW has equitable access to high quality palliative care where and when they need it. If you would like to read more about the PCNSW position statement regarding Voluntary Assisted Dying you can find more information on our website. Go to members area login, click on ‘Let’s Talk About’ and open the VAD link. Thank you to our members who have contributed to this wonderful edition of Pallium. As a member of PCNSW we encourage you to engage with us throughout the year, feel free to submit research, stories and photos to include in our fortnightly member email as well as the quarterly Pallium editions.
Linda Hansen PCNSW Chief Executive Officer
