Public hearing - Sydney, Monday 2 July 2012

Inquiry into Palliative Care in Australia

Public hearing - Sydney, Monday 2 July 2012

Time: 9:00am - 5:15pm
Venue: Waratah Room - NSW Parliament House
6 Macquarie Street - Sydney

Time Witness

9:00am - 9:45am

Blue Care (Sub 28)
Associate Professor Deborah Parker, Director University of Queensland/Blue Care Research and Practice Development Centre
Mrs Marie Robinson, Blue Care Community Care Advisor

9:45am - 10:30am

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Sub 29)
Dr Leslie E Bolitho, AM, President
Associate Professor Rohan Vora, President-Elect, Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine

10:30am - 10:45am

Break

10:45am - 11:30am

HammondCare (Sub 41)
Associate Professor Andrew Cole, Chief Medical Officer
Ms Angela Raguz, General Manager, Residential Care
Professor Roderick MacLeod, Senior Staff Specialist in Palliative Care
Dr Peta McVey, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Palliative Care

11:30am - 12:15pm

Ms Fiona Engwirda (Sub 124)

Palliative Care Queensland (Sub 130)
Associate Professor Rohan Vora, Director, Gold Coast Health Service District/President, Palliative Care Queensland
Mr John-Paul Kristensen, Chief Executive Officer

12:15pm - 1:00pm

Catholic Health (Sub 79)
Mr Martin Laverty, Chief Executive Officer
Associate Professor Katherine Clark, Director of Palliative Care, Calvary Mater, Newcastle
Associate Professor Jennifer Philip, Deputy Director, Palliative Medicine and Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent's Hospital

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lunch

2:00pm - 2:45pm

Medical Oncology Group of Australia (Sub 4)
Associate Professor Fran Boyle AM, Director, Patricia Ritchie Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Mater Hospital, Sydney

2:45pm - 3:30pm

Palliative Care New South Wales
Mr Peter Cleasby, President
Ms Carolyn Walsh, President-Elect
Ms Linda Hansen, Executive Officer

3:30pm - 3:45pm

Break

3:45pm - 4:30pm

Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (Sub 101)
Professor Jane Phillips - Professor, Cunningham Centre for Palliative Care and the University of Notre Dame

4:30pm - 5:15pm

Professor David Currow (Sub 123)

5:15pm

Adjournment

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