National resources

Providing palliative care support across Australia

Finding help, advice or support is not always easy. There are a range of services and organisations that can help people who are ill or their carer. These pages have information on national resources.

Government organisations

• Australian Council on Healthcare Standards
• Carer Gateway
• Centrelink - Services Australia
• Department of Health and Aged Care
• Department of Veterans’ Affairs
• healthdirect (Gateway to quality trusted health information)
• Medicare - Services Australia
• National Aged Care Alliance
• healthdirect National Health Services Directory
• My Aged Care

Financial organisations and information

• Services Australia: Payments for living with disability
• Services Australia: Caring for someone payments
• Centrelink - Services Australia: For information on social security payments and services
• Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)

Mental health programs and sites

• Australian Government mental health initiatives and programs
• Better Access initiative: To help access services by Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and General Practitioners (GPs)
• Beyond Blue: Support programs for issues related to anxiety, depression, and suicide’
• headspace: Support for mental health and wellbeing
• SANE Australia: Support for individuals, their families, friends, and communities with mental health issues and traumas

Support organisations

• Australian Funeral Directors Association
• Cancer Voices Australia
• Carer Gateway Tel: 1800 422 737
• Consumers Health Forum of Australia
• GriefLink: Information for people dealing with grief
• Lifeline:  For crisis support and suicide prevention Tel: 13 11 14
• MedicAlert Foundation
• Australian Red Cross
• Red Nose
• St John Ambulance Australia

Compassionate groups

• Angel Flight Australia: For coordinating free, non-emergency flights and transfers to access specialist medical treatments Tel: 1300 726 567
• Look Good Feel Better: Regaining control, confidence, and sense of self from cancer’

Health professional organisations

• Allied Health Professions Australia
• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Health services and organisations

• healthdirect National Health Services Directory

Organ and tissue registries

• Australian Organ Donor Register The national register where you record your organ and tissue donation decision.
• Donate Life: Register to become an organ and tissue donor.

Organisations to help with medicines

• Find a pharmacy
• NPS MedicineWise (National Prescribing Service)
• The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)