Public hearing - Melbourne, Wednesday 4 July 2012

Inquiry into Palliative Care in Australia

Public hearing - Melbourne, Wednesday 4 July 2012

Time: 9:45am - 4:30pm
Venue: Committee Room G6, Parliament of Victoria -
55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne

Time Witness

9:45am - 10:30am

Eastern Palliative Care Association Inc. (Sub 42)
Ms Jeanette Moody, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Louise Hogan, Manager Human Resources/Public Relations
Ms Christine Pedley, Manager Allied Health

10:30am - 10:45am

Break

10:45am - 11:30am

Victorian Healthcare Association (Sub 57)
Mr Trevor Carr, Chief Executive
Ms Eloisa Evangelista, Research and Policy Officer

11:30am - 12:15pm

Occupational Therapy Australia, Victoria Division Oncology and Palliative Services Australia (Sub 59)
Ms Rebekah Boffa, St Vincent's - Caritas Christi Hospice
Ms Olivia Doidge, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Ms Jenni Bourke, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Ms Deidre Morgan, Peninsula Health - Palliative Care
Mr Andrew Smith, Leukaemia Foundation

12:15pm - 1:00pm

The Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Palliative Care Reference Group (Sub 63)
Dr Jenny Hynson, Medical Director, Victorian Paediatric Palliative Care Program

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lunch

2:00pm - 3.30pm

Palliative Care Victoria (Sub 108)
Ms Rachel Bovenizer, Board Member; Chief Executive Officer, Peninsula Home Hospice Service Inc.
Mr Richard Burnet
Ms Kim McCartney
Mr Gary Coleman
Ms Cherie Waight, Health Programs Senior Project Officer and Project Manager of the Victorian Aboriginal Palliative Care Project
Ms Lesley Dredge, Policy and Projects Manager
Ms Odette Waanders, Chief Executive Officer

3:30pm - 3:45pm

Break

3.45pm - 4.30 pm

Centre for Palliative Care (St Vincent's Hospital and The University of Melbourne) (Sub 110)
Associate Professor Mark Boughey, Deputy Director
Associate Professor Jennifer Philip, Deputy Director

4.30pm

Adjournment

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