National Palliative Care Week grants announced
For National Palliative Care Week 2018 PCQ will once again be distributing five community engagement grants to PCQ member organisations. These grants are aimed at promoting community engagement activities during National Palliative Care Week, bringing the services, carers, consumers and the community together.
In addition to this, five nursing education grants we have been announced to encourage Qld nurses to attend the 2018 Palliative Care Nurses Australia conference in Brisbane, during national palliative care week.
- 2x Townsville based aged care nurse grant
- 2x Regional based nurse grant
- 1x Metro based nurse grant
What else is PCQ planning for National Palliative Care Week
2018 will be PCQ’s busiest National Palliative Care Week
- Saturday 19th May
Community Conversations: Wine and Die
$40 tickets, Hilton Hotel, Brisbane, 1700-1900 - Sunday – Monday 20-21st May
PCQ Booth & Five Nurses Grants
Palliative Care Nurses Australia Conference , Hilton Hotel, Brisbane - Wednesday 23rd May
Health Professional Forum: ‘Clinical Ethics at the end of life’ with Prof. Ken Hillman
PA Hospital, 1400-1600 + via videoconference
Dinner with Prof. Ken Hillman*
$55 per head (fundraiser for PCQ), Wilsons Boathouse, Manly, 1830-2030
- Thursday 24th May
Community Forum: Open conversations about life and death with Prof. Ken Hillman
Free community, consumer & carer event, TRI, Brisbane, 1000-1130
PCQ Members Networking Drinks
PCQ Members**, Vincents, Brisbane, 1730-1930
- Friday 25th May
Afternoon Tea at Government House
PCQ Peak Bodies Network*, Government House, 1430-1530 - QLD Parliamentary Information Session*
Parliament House, Brisbane, Date & time TBC
For more information about PCQ National Palliative Care Week activities and events, click here
