Victoria welcomes first Chief Palliative Care Adviser

[Media release]

Thursday, 14 August 2025

The Allan Labor Government has appointed Victoria’s first Chief Palliative Care Adviser, a role tasked with ensuring the state’s palliative and end-of-life care system continues to support Victorians and their families. Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas today announced that Associate Professor Mark Boughey has been selected for the fixed term, six-month role and will oversee the planned refresh of Victoria’s End of Life and Palliative Care Framework, which was first established in 2016. A decade into this work, it is critical to ensure that Victoria’s palliative care policies and service models continue to drive accessible and high-quality care – ensuring Victorians can live as fully and comfortably as possible with their life-limiting illness. Refreshing the framework will provide a renewed focus on this type of care and ensure Victoria’s service system remains contemporary and sustainable into the future, so that it can continue to offer choice to Victorians who are approaching the end of their life.

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