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Ms Jen McKenzie1, Ms Nicola Farrer, Ms Stephanie Dunstall 1MLHD, WAGGA WAGGA, Australia Abstract: Background: Post restructure into a district wide specialist palliative care service, demand on the service grew exponentially. Rapid growth in patient numbers and increased geographical spread...

Ms Emma Balazs 1Hark Medical, Melbourne, Australia Biography: Emma Balazs is the Director of Customer Experience at Hark Medical, leading strategies to maximise the impact of assistive technology in healthcare. With over 20 years in the sector, as an emergency...

Mrs Anita Hartati1, Kylie Draper1, Sabina Clapham1 1Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration, Wollongong, Australia Biography: Anita Hartati is an Improvement Facilitator with PCOC and a Registered Nurse with 14 years of experience in clinical practice and healthcare project management. She holds...

Dr Julia Jaensch1,2, Dr Naomi Katz2,3,4, Dr Alison Brown5 1Southern Adelaide Palliative Service, Adelaide, Australia, 2Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 3Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia, 4Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 5Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Biography: Dr Julia Jaensch is...

Ms Kate Ritchie1 1Palliative Care Australia, Deakin, Australia Biography: Kate Ritchie is a Senior Project Officer at Palliative Care Australia, with over 10 years’ experience as a Registered Nurse in regional New South Wales. Her background spans critical care and...

Dr Animut Alebel Ayalew, Dr Arjun Poudel1, Dr Keryn Johnson1, Dr Jack Thepsourinthone1, Mss Stacey Heer1, Dr Lisa Redwood1, Professor Judy Mullan1, Professor Andrew Bonney1, Associate Professor Deidre Morgan2, Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates3, Professor Katherine Clark4, Professor Kirsten Auret5, Mss...

Mrs Rebekah Ciampa1, Ms Ivy Gough1, Dr Amanda Yao1, Ms Megan Day1, Dr Yan Ni Loh1,2 1NSW Health, Sydney Local Health District (SLHD), Concord, Australia, 2Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Camperdown, Australia Biography: Clinical Nurse Specialist working within the Palliative Care team...

Dr Priyanka Vandersman1, Professor Jennifer Tieman 1RePaDD.Flinders University, Australia Biography: Dr. Priyanka Vandersman is a Registered Nurse and Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Her research interests span palliative care, digital health, and aged care. She contributes to...

Mrs Maria Heaton1 1South Easter Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD), Sutherland, Australia Biography: Maria Heaton has 3 children Danica, Tristan and Tiarna. Tristan and Tiarna were diagnosed with a rare genetic life limiting condition called Lissencephaly. Her family were linked...

Dr Carolyn Bourke1, Professor Lynn Chenoweth, Professor Anna Williams, Dr Ekavi Georgousopoulos 1UTS, Australia Biography: Dr Carolyn Bourke is currently working as practice development research fellow; she has over 25 years’ experience in nursing and aged care specialising in end-of-life...