Sector news

In this blog, Dr Tracy Schumacher and other authors, explore how supportive care uses a holistic, multidisciplinary team approach to help people understand their conditions and manage symptoms, and maintain quality of life throughout a long and often uncertain illness journey.

In this blog, Dr Marg Ross, Senior Clinical Psychologist at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, explores the emerging role of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy in supporting people living with life-limiting illness. International trials in people with cancer have shown rapid and sustained reductions in depression and anxiety, though further research is needed to better understand long-term outcomes and how this approach may be integrated into care.

In this blog, Dr Pauline Gillan and Professor Christina Parker examine current approaches to managing pressure injuries at the end of life, identifying inconsistencies between guidelines and practice.

In this blog, Dr Olivia Farrer, Senior Research Fellow at CareSearch and ELDAC, RePaDD, Flinders University, explains why technology is no longer optional but critical for delivering coordinated, compassionate and person-centred care. She highlights new resources designed to empower allied health professionals, explains why digital health matters in allied health, examines the role of AI and its emerging applications, and outlines practical steps clinicians can take to build digital confidence and capability.

In this blog, Dr Jianxia Zhai, Lecturer in Nursing, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, STEM College, RMIT University, highlights her research on the impact of embedding a Palliative Care Nurse Consultant (PCNC) within a general medicine ward. The study found that the PCNC played a crucial role in improving care, communication, and patient outcomes, while also revealing the challenges involved in integrating this role into a busy hospital environment.

In this blog, Dr Claudia Virdun, Senior Lecturer - Palliative & End of Life Care, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University shares insights from her qualitative study 📊 across acute hospital wards. The study explored the barriers and enablers to integrating palliative care into everyday hospital practice, highlighting that meaningful improvement in hospital-based palliative care requires system-level change.