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Gold Coast 5th Annual Palliative Care Conference

Allied Health & Nursing

 

Thursday 11th and Friday 12th June 2026

Ticket prices: Early bird – $150 for 2 days and $80 for 1 day

 

Key Note Speakers include:

A/Prof Jo Doran

Harpreet Kalsi-Smith

The Venerable Tsultrim

Rhee Duthie

Session Topics include:

  • Hope
  • Compassion
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Communication – Mastering Tough Conversations
  • Interprofessional Approach to Cancer Pain

         There will also be a lunch time arts activation program & Thursday evening social event.

 

The Palliative Care Workforce Capability Uplift Program (PCWCUP) is providing access to educational conferences for Palliative Care Allied Health, Nursing and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Professional Workforces in Queensland Health. 

The PCWCUP will provide financial support to eligible palliative care clinicians to support registration costs through a reimbursement process to attend the Gold Coast 2026 Palliative Care Conference – Allied Health & Nursing. 

Applications will close 2 weeks prior to the conference. Queensland Health Palliative Care Allied Health, Nursing and Torres Strait Islander Professionals can find out more about this great opportunity and other PCWCUP initiatives through the centre for Leadership Excellence QPEPS page.

Conference Program and Speakers

Conference Program

Conference Program

Coming soon

Speakers Day 1

Speakers Day 1

To be confirmed

Speakers Day 2

Speakers Day 2

To be confirmed

Conference Information

Venue

Pathology and Education (PED) building, Gold Coast University Hospital, 1 Hospital Boulevard Southport.

Thursday 11th and Friday 12th June 2026

The conference will be held in the large lecture theatre in E Block which is the building located opposite Gold Coast University Hospital

Parking

Parkwood Park ‘n’ Ride (Parkwood tram station) – Free parking with an 8-9min tram ride to the venue.

Gold Coast University Hospital multi story parking with Secure Parking – Paid parking of up to $19 p/day

 

Conference Contact

For all conference enquiries please contact Stacey Koellner at [email protected] or call 1300 763 218.

 

 

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