Bundaberg: Palliative Care & VAD – Changes, Choices, and Challenges
A good life, a good death.
Date and time
Location
Burnett Riverside Hotel
7 Quay Street Bundaberg, QLD 4670 AustraliaAbout this event
- 3 hours 30 minutes
We warmly invite you to attend the CCQ Clinical Society event in Bundaberg, in May on the topic:
'Palliative Care and Voluntary Assisted Dying - Changes, Choices, and Challenges'.
This event is CPD accredited, with RACGP & ACRRM points for GPs.
Palliative care related hospitalisations in the CCQ region are amongst the highest in Queensland. The CCQ area is experiencing higher than average population growth and an increasingly ageing population. CCQ also covers a large geographical area with a diverse socioeconomic background including rural and remote areas and many people from a socioeconomically disadvantaged background. As a result, strengthening access to community based palliative care supports is key to addressing ongoing increasing community need.
This clinical society aims to strengthen how local GPs and community healthcare teams can navigate end-of-life care and Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD). Ultimately this aims to better support people, their families and communities to have the best quality of life possible, a good death and provide support for bereavement.
The event will follow a format designed to enhance collaboration among local healthcare professionals and services. With case-based discussion and a question and discussion section of the event aiming to enhance understanding of how the local palliative care system is functioning and opportunities for improvement.
This is a catered event including dinner. Please register to inform us of any dietary requirements.
Learning Objectives:
· Provide an overview of palliative care and voluntary assisted dying with an emphasis on CCQ Priority Populations
· Review high-quality care across the expected trajectory of life, illness and end-of-life
· Provide an information overview of Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) for general practice teams
· Explore ongoing professional development opportunities
The agenda for the evening will include:
· The community palliative care needs and challenges
· Guest Speakers covering best-practice palliative care and voluntary assisted dying
· Case-based discussion involving local expert panel members
· Question and discussion with a focus on the local palliative care system
· Networking with other health professionals and palliative care experts
Guest Presenters:
Maxine Rose, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Community Palliative Care, Wide Bay Hospital & Health Service
Professor Elizabeth Reymond, Director QVAD Support and Pharmacy Service, Metro North Hospital & Health Service
Liz Reymond has been a palliative care physician for 20 years, establishing Queensland’s largest multidisciplinary specialist palliative care service in Metro South Health and the research and service development arm of the clinical service, Brisbane South Palliative Care Collaborative. She is running a national palliative care grant: caring@home, and is currently Director of Queensland Voluntary Assisted Dying Support and Pharmacy Service.
Case Based Discussion Panel Members:
Dr Fiona Watson, Medical Officer, Wide Bay Hospital & Health Service
Alicia Trimingham-Turl, Director, Fraser Coast Hospice
Jess Slater, Statewide Palliative Care Manager, Blue Care
Lauren Murphy, Occupational Therapist, Wide Bay Hospital & Health Service
Check out our video below with Dr Amy Langford-Ely, one of our CCQ GP Medical Educators.
Frequently asked questions
The CCQ Clinical Societies are a platform for all health professionals from the region to come together to make friends, network, learn new and localised information and have fun in a collaborative, knowledge-sharing space – and earn CPD points!
Health professionals, including GP’s, nurses, psychologists, mental health workers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other allied health professionals and hospital clinicians.
Yes! CCQ is committed to supporting primary health care professionals to help them achieve their ongoing professional development registration requirements. The education component of these events is accredited and aligns with the CPD registration prerequisites for all healthcare professionals.
For any queries, please contact Amanda Myles, Workforce Coordinator Wide Bay on 0417 248 019 or email CSociety@c2coast.org.au
Organised by
Central Queensland, Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast PHN is a not for profit organisation which coordinates primary and preventive health care for a region of 161,000km², with a population of 823,985 people, stretching from Glasshouse to north of Yeppoon and west of Emerald. It is one of 31 Commonwealth-funded PHNs nationwide.
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