The BNPCC Hub

[From HammondCare]

We’re excited to announce that The Dementia Centre has united with The Palliative Centre and The Centre for Positive Ageing to become Hammond Innovations, HammondCare’s exciting new research and innovation initiative.

Now, with Hammond Innovations, we’re taking the next bold step, uniting these three highly-regarded entities into an integrated collective, so we can move faster from knowledge to impact, guided always by deep respect for the people we serve and upheld by the generosity of our supporters.

Harnessing focused research, creative design, groundbreaking technology and agile implementation, we put evidence into action through solutions that work in the real world.

Find out more: https://www.hammondinnovations.com.au/

[From Palliative Care Australia]

Palliative Care Australia in partnership with a diverse range of specialist health professionals, and parents and carers has developed a new Paediatric Palliative Care Referral Decision-Making Guideline Tool, to assist health professionals in identifying when to refer children to paediatric palliative care.

This initiative aligns with our shared commitment to improving equitable access to palliative care across Australia, particularly for children and families navigating complex health journeys. The tool is designed to support behavioural change in clinical practice and promote timely, compassionate referrals.

https://paediatricpalliativecare.org.au/resource/referral-to-paediatric-palliative-care-decision-making-guideline-tool-for-health-professionals/

[From Palliative Care Australia]

PCA is hosting a virtual workshop on the National Palliative Care Standards and the PaCSA tool

🗓 Wednesday 20 November 2025
🕑 2:00 PM AEDT
💻 Topic: Embedding the National Palliative Care Standards and PaCSA into Practice
👉 Register for the webinar here https://streamyard.com/watch/WvwNEnU38dH3

[From Palliative Care Australia]

We’ve launched a Community of Practice to bring together:

• Specialist palliative care providers
• Health professionals across all disciplines
• Aged care services

The CoP provides a space to:

• Discuss the National Palliative Care Standards and the PaCSA tool
• Reflect on quality improvement initiatives
• Collaborate across sectors to strengthen capabilities and deliver high-quality palliative care

Our CoP is grounded in a strengths-based approach to social learning.

If you’re interested in joining, there is an expression of interest form

[From Jon Baines Tours]

Join David Oliviere on a journey that will carefully consider the spiritual, ethical, legal and cultural aspects associated with palliative care in four northern states of India. Travel from Delhi to Jaipur with its mighty fort and palaces, then continue to Agra, home to the magnificent Taj Mahal before heading to historic Lucknow. Visit Varanasi, one of the holiest places in India, and finish the tour in Kolkata, hub of Bengali literature, music and philosophy.

You will spend time with a host of specialists and experience a wide-ranging professional itinerary of visits including, Shanti Avedna Sadan, India’s first hospice, Delhi based charity CanSupport and the inspiring Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre.

What to expect:

• Watch the sunrise over the Taj Mahal at dawn.
• Visit the ancient, abandoned Mughal capital of Fatehpur Sikri.
• Rise at dawn to embark on a Ganges cruise to watch pilgrims offering puja.
• Learn about Ayurvedic approaches to pain relief.

Visit All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India’s most important hospital, visit the palliative care department and meet clinicians and social workers.

For more visit: https://www.jonbainestours.com/tours/palliative-care-in-north-india

HealthPathways is a web-based portal with evidence-based information on the assessment and management of common clinical conditions including referral guidance. General Practitioners write the pathways with support from local GPs, hospital-based specialists and other subject matter experts.

From Tuesday 18 November 2025, the Brisbane North PHN generic login will be retired. To continue accessing the Brisbane North HealthPathways, you’ll need to register for your own personal account.

New immediate benefits include:

• Simplified access that travels with you - Use one secure login for all your approved HealthPathways sites. No more re-entering credentials!
• CPD reporting made easy - Automatically log your HealthPathways usage and submit it to your CPD provider with our built-in reporting tool.
• AI-powered Smart Search - find the right pathway and useful information faster with our new AI-assisted search functionality.

For more details and instructions on registering for your personal account, visit the FAQs resource. The generic login details (Username: Brisbane, Password: North) will remain active until Tuesday 18 November 2025.

[From Healthy End of Life Program]

For the past 18 months, the HELP team has delivered live monthly training sessions and met so many passionate people committed to improving end-of-life care.

We’re now excited to launch the Healthy End of Life Program (HELP) Brief Intervention Digital Training — a self-paced online resource designed to build knowledge, confidence and skills in social prescribing within palliative and end-of-life care.

The digital training includes:
✅ Training videos
✅ Workbook
✅ Downloadable tools and resources
✅ Flexible, self-directed learning
✅ Optional live Q&A session with the HELP team

This training is designed for health professionals, community workers, aged care staff, and anyone supporting people at the end of life.

South Australia Pilot Launch – 2025

The training will launch exclusively in South Australia on November 10, 2025, with free pilot access throughout 2025.

National Rollout – Coming 2026

We’ll be expanding access across Australia in 2026. If you’re outside South Australia, register your interest below to be the first to know when national enrolments open.

Register your interest here: https://healthyendoflifeprogram.org/help-brief-intervention-digital-training-register-your-interest/

[From Palliative Nexus}

Pal-spectives is a virtual forum with thought leaders presenting their big ideas.

Join us for a discussion about Advocacy in Palliative Care- what is needed, what it takes, and what are the measures of success that we are bringing about significant system change?

4pm AEDT Wednesday 3 December (3pm QLD time)

Register here

Palliative Nexus, led by Professor Jennifer Philip, brings together clinicians, researchers and allied health professionals with a mission to improve equity, access, and quality of care in serious illness.

To access recordings of previous events, please visit https://www.palliativenexus.org/recordings-of-events

[from OPAN]

Webinar - End of life: your choices

The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) is hosting an informative webinar focused on delivering quality palliative and end-of-life care. This session is designed for older people, their families, and carers.

Date: Tuesday 25 November 2025
Time: 12.00 pm

The webinar will explore what quality end-of-life care looks like in practice, from early planning and decision-making to palliative support and bereavement care.

We encourage all providers to share this opportunity with people in their care.
For more information visit OPAN.

Join us on Wednesday 5 November 2025, for our webinar, “Coping with Grief During the Holidays”.

The webinar will feature guest speaker Sally Douglas from Good Mourning.

Grief is something we will all experience, yet it’s often one of the hardest conversations to have. Grief can be difficult to navigate, especially around holidays, anniversaries and milestones. That’s why we’re bringing you a special session with Sally, co-founder of Good Mourning, the movement inspiring others to cope when life takes an unexpected turn.

We believe that palliative care is everybody’s business, and we aim to build compassionate communities around people and their families experiencing serious illness, dying, death and grief. This webinar is designed for all members of the community including both health and non-health related workers (i.e., healthcare workers, doctors, nurses, social workers, allied health staff, health administrative staff, spiritual care workers, health managers, health educators, pharmacists and paramedics). We also encourage people from diverse backgrounds to attend.

DATE: Wednesday 5 November 2025

TIME: 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm (AEST)

REGISTER: https://events.humanitix.com/pcqwebinarnov2025

FREE for PCQ members, PCQ Volunteers, QAS Paramedics

$10 General Admission

$8 Concession Card Holders

These webinars are sponsored by Queensland Health, and supported by Queensland Ambulance Services and Brisbane North PHN

Any questions please email us to hello@palliativecareqld.org.au, or call us on 07 3842 3242.