Palliative care is person and family-centred care provided for a person with an active, progressive, advanced disease. The person is expected to die, and the primary goal is to optimise the quality of their life.
I want to contact a palliative care professional
If you are in Parkville, email AdminPalliativeCare@petermac.org or phone (03) 8559 7960.
If you are elsewhere, please call the Palliative Care Advice Service or use the Palliative Care Australia services directory.
I need some help with clinical information in the aged care setting
There are free, evidence based apps for doctors and nurses assist in providing palliative care to the aged care setting.
Information for GPs looking after patients in the aged care setting, refer to palliAGED gp.
I need some advice
The Palliative Care Advice Service provides information and guidance to the general public and clinicians.
What support is available for carers?
To find out more about what help is available for carers, see Palliative Care Australia's "I'm a carer".
Clinics
| Nephrology Supportive Care | City Campus | Outpatients, Level 1 South East | WED | |
| Palliative | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre within the VCCC Building | MON, THU |
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| Palliative Advanced Lung | City Campus | Outpatients, Level 1 South East |
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Referrals
I want to refer an adult patient to palliative care in the Parkville precinct hospitals (RMH, PMCC, RWH)
| Non urgent referrals | Email AdminPalliativeCare@petermac.org or phone (03) 8559 7960 |
| Consultation for inpatients at Royal Melbourne Hospital and The Royal Women’s Hospital | Contact the palliative care consultation registrar on RMH pager 305 |
| Urgent referrals (for same day consultation) for inpatients at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | Contact the palliative care consultation registrar on pager 1110051 |
| Urgent outpatient referrals | Phone 0459 880 323 |
| All urgent out-of-hours referrals | Contact the on-call palliative care registrar through the switchboard of any of the Parkville Precinct Hospitals |