A National Palliative Care Project funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Presentation Schedule
Palliative Care ECHO sessions are held on the third Tuesday of each month, 1:00pm-2:00pm AEST (Brisbane’s timezone). If you are in a different timezone, please convert the date/time using this website. Dates and topics of sessions are listed below. To attend a session, you will need to register first.
| Date | Topic | Presenter | Download | National Program Promo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-26 | What’s the big deal about the 4 core Palliative Care Medicines? | Prof Liz Reymond & Penny Tuffin Panellists: Quality Use Medicines panel | ||
| 17-Mar-26 | Clinical Pain management | TBA | ||
| 21-Apr-26 | Symptom management – Gastro | TBA | ||
| 19-May-26 | Symptom management – MDT of mood disturbances | TBA | ||
| 16-Jun-26 | Culturally appropriate care – Priority populations (e.g. cultural competency, LGBTQIA) | TBA |
2025
| Date | Topic | Presenter | Download | National Program Promo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-25 | Voluntary Assisted Dying | Prof Liz Reymond | Panel Q&A – Answers to additional questions | Palliative Care ECHO 2025 – the year ahead! |
| 18-Mar-25 | Advance Care Planning for ACP week | Kylie Ash, Education Coordinator, Advance Care Planning Australia | The Advance Project | |
| 15-Apr-25 | Symptom Management – Respiratory | Dr Umbreen Qazi – Alfred Health Victoria | The HELP (Healthy End of Life Planning) App | |
| 20-May-25 | Supporting Caregivers of people with a disability | Blessing Makoni – Ipswich Nurses | Carer Help | |
| 17-Jun-25 | Grief and Bereavement – Session 1 | Merryn Gray – Specialist Palliative Rural Telehealth Service (SPaRTa) | – | |
| 15-Jul-25 | First Nations Care | Gage Brewer – Northern Adelaide Palliative Service | NATSIPCA | |
| 19-Aug-25 | Grief and Bereavement – Session 2 – Palliative Care at home | Jess Sanders – Palliative Care Tasmania | – | |
| 12-Sep-25 2:20pm to 3:10pm | World’s Biggest Palliative Care ECHO! | |||
| 16-Sep-25 | Communicating with patients about VAD | Dr David Holden, Northern Adelaide Palliative Service | National Palliative Care Standards | |
| 21-Oct-25 | Trauma Informed Care | Lizzie Arthurs – West Kimberly Palliative Care | – | |
| 18-Nov-25 | End of Life Care at Home | Elise Connor (A/g Director, Funding and Services Policy, Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing) | – |
2024
| Date | Topic | Presenter | Download | National Program Promo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-Feb-24 | Symptom management – Gastrointestinal | Dr Elise Maehler, SPARTA, Queensland | Palliative Care ECHO – The year ahead! | |
| 19-Mar-24 | Share What Matters Most – Advance Care Planning | Dr Greg Parker, Advance Care Planning Australia | Advance Care Planning Australia | |
| 16-Apr-24 | Symptom management – Respiratory | Dr Umbreen Qazi, Alfred Health, Victoria | Pharmaceutical Society of Australia | |
| 21-May-24 | Culturally appropriate care – Priority populations (e.g. cultural competency, LGBTIAQ+, CALD) | Sarah Lambert, LGBTIQ+ Health Australia | LGBTIQ+ Health Australia | |
| 18-Jun-24 | Palliative Care and VAD | Dr Keith McArthur VAD, Tasmania | | End of Life Law for Clinicians |
| Specialist Panel: • Dr Keith McArthur (VAD Clinical Lead | Tasmania Health Service) • Prof Ben White (Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, QUT) • Dr Cameron McLaren (Medical Oncologist Victoria, Founder/President of VADANZ) • Ms Tanya Burgess (WA VAD Statewide Pharmacy Service) • Dr Chloe Furst (Central Adelaide LHN VAD Medical Lead – SA) • Dr Peter Allcroft (Southern Adelaide LHN VAD Medical Lead – SA) • Prof Liz Reymond (Director, Queensland VAD Support and Pharmacy Service) • Ms Julie Letts (Director, Statewide NSW VAD Support Service) • Chadia Rad (Senior Director, End of Life Policy, Voluntary Assisted Dying Taskforce and Palliative Care) | ||||
| 16-Jul-24 | Finishing up – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Palliative Care | IPEPA – PEPA Education | IPEPA and PEPA | |
| 20-Aug-24 | Grief and bereavement | Hayley Russell, Eastern Palliative Care, Victoria | QUoCCA | |
| 17-Sep-24 | Supporting caregivers (e.g. conducting family meetings; resolving family conflict) | Anne Hardy, Metro South Health | Caring@Home | |
| 15-Oct-24 | Clinical pain management – Part 1 – Opioid | Dr. Sarah Pickstock WA Country Health Palliative Care | PCOC | |
| 19-Nov-24 | Clinical pain management – Part 2 – Psychosocial | Dr Odette Spruit Medical Director Tasmanian North SPCS. | ||
2023
| Date | Topic | Presenting HHS | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21-Feb-23 | Psychosocial care needs at the end of life | Gold Coast | |
| 21-Mar-23 | Medicinal cannabis use in palliative care | Mater | |
| 18-Apr-23 | Managing the Last Hours of Life in the Home – End of Life Delirium | Townsville | |
| 16-May-23 | Voluntary Assisted Dying – Queensland | QVAD Support and Pharmacy Service | |
| 20-Jun-23 | Resolving Family Conflict – Resolving mismatched expectations | Hopewell Hospice | |
| 18-Jul-23 | Grief in Children | QCH | |
| 15-Aug-23 | The Role of Spiritual Care in Palliative Care | Karuna Hospice Services | |
| 19-Sep-23 | End of Life Essentials | Dr Ofra Fried – Townsville SPARTA Panellists – Tasmania Health | |
| 17-Oct-23 | Discussing Prognosis | Dr David Holden – Northern Adelaide Palliative Service | |
| 21-Nov-23 | Clarifying Goals of Care | Dr Sheree Cross – Northern Adelaide Palliative Service |
2022
| Date | Topic | Presenting HHS | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19-Apr-22 | Grief and bereavement | Sunshine Coast | |
| 17-May-22 | Culturally appropriate care | Townsville & Gwandalan | |
| 21-Jun-22 | Symptom management 1: Gastro-Intestinal (Nausea/vomiting/bowels and obstruction) | Gold Coast | |
| 19-Jul-22 | Symptom management 2: Respiratory (dyspnea) | Gold Coast | |
| 16-Aug-22 | Advance care planning | Metro South | |
| 20-Sep-22 | End of life care | Townsville | |
| 18-Oct-22 | Clinical pain management 1 | Cairns & Hinterland | |
| 15-Nov-22 | Clinical pain management 2: Opioids | Metro South |