Media Releases

World Kidney Day 11 March 2010
World Kidney Day (WKD) is a global health awareness campaign focusing on the importance of our kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide. The 2010 campaign will focus on Diabetes, the leading cause of Chronic Kidney Disease.

CareSearch resources to recognise Carers: Carers Week 18 -24 October 2009
Carers play an important role in the community and during Carers Week, CareSearch is taking the opportunity to recognise this contribution by releasing new resources to support family carers providing care at the end of life.

World Hospice Day Media Release 9 October 2009
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world.

Meeting community information needs Media Release 26 May 2009
New pages were released on the first anniversary of the launch of CareSearch. These pages were designed to support GPs providing palliative care in the community and to help patients and their families.

Media Release 26 May 2008 
Website launched to help people make informed palliative care decisions. You can also hear an audio of the event by going to the CareSearch Launch page.

Ministers Media Release 26 May 2008
$6.5 million to improve palliative support was announced by the Minister for Ageing at the launch of CareSearch palliative care knowledge network and National Palliative Care Week.

This page was created on 26 May 2008
Last updated 05 March 2010