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A new program designed to help Australia’s nurses and midwives deal with stress and burnout offers free and confidential service for nurses, midwives and students will help them better manage and reduce escalating rates of fatigue, stress and burnout. There ia planned rollout of Hubs in states and territories. The phoneline and Nurses Midwife Health Program Australia website is already available at https://nursemidwifehpa.org.au/contact

The launch of Compassionate Communities Australia (CCAus) by WA Governor Hon Chris Dawson was held at Government House in Perth in late March and marked an important milestone in the history of public health and palliative care in Australia. Compassionate Communities founder Prof Allan Kellehear said the establishment of CCAus was also a significant international development. CCAus’s role will be to pioneer the development of Compassionate Communities across Australia.

Learn more about CCAus on their website.

Our team are pleased to say over the next 3-6 months, we will be updating the Clinical Evidence section in CareSearch. We update this every 3 years to connect you with clinically relevant evidence summaries.

The CareSearch GP Hub provides GPs with reliable information and guidance on palliative and end-of-life care. The refreshed platform now includes updated links to professional practice resources for GPs, as well as a separate section with resources GPs can suggest to patients and their families. The new CareSearchgp App is also accessible within the Hub.

CareSearch has released its new CareSearchgp app! A free digital tool to support GPs in delivering quality palliative care. It brings together guidance on terminal prescribing for specific symptoms and evidence-based information on key care issues including:

• Advance care planning
• Recognising deterioration
• Engaging in palliative care case conferences
• Caring for the dying patient, and
• Assisting families through stages of bereavement.

Interactive features include a checklist to support dying at home and the ability to curate your own learning resources and send links to quality information to individual patients. Free to download on your smartphone device.