National Palliative Care Awards

Palliative Care Australia and our partner Silverchain, are proud to announce finalists for 2023 National Palliative Care Awards.

These awards honour outstanding innovation, teamwork, and emerging talent in the palliative care sector.

We received over 90 nominations! And our judges have had the tough task of selecting three finalists in each of our eight categories. We are thrilled to reveal this year’s finalists – view their profiles below.

This year’s award line-up also features a new award for lifetime achievement.

The winners will be announced at the National Palliative Care Awards Gala Dinner at the Oceanic Palliative Care Conference in Sydney on Thursday, 14 September.

We are pleased to be partnering with Silverchain to deliver this key event in our sectors calendar. Silverchain, is a leading in-home provider of complete health and aged care services in Australia, supporting over 115,000 people each year.

Tickets for the National Palliative Care Awards Gala Dinner can be purchased via the 23OPCC website.

If you are a finalist or a supporter, you can now download the social media tiles below to share with your network. Click on the image, to download the artwork. And don’t forget to use #23NPCAwards when you post!

National Palliative Care Award Finalists

2023 Emerging Leader Award

Jatinder Kaur

Registered Nurse,
Northern Adelaide Palliative Care Service

 Annie Jorgensen

Clinical Manager and
Quality Coordinator,
Goulburn Valley Hospice
Care Service

 

2023 Emerging Researcher Award

Madeleine Juhrmann

HammondCare Foundation PhD Scholar and Research Assistant,
HammondCare and the University of Sydney

 Gursharan Singh

Research Fellow in Palliative Care
Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology

 Rachel Coghlan

PhD Graduate and Palliative
Care Physiotherapist,
Deakin University, Victoria

 

Innovation in Palliative Care Award

Eldercare Palliative Care Program

South Australia

 Jennifer Tieman

Centre Director,
Research Centre in Palliative Care Death and Dying, Flinders University

 Helen Stone and the PSA Project Team

State and Territory Manager SA/NT,
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia

 

Outstanding Work by a Team Delivering Palliative Care Award

Renal Supportive Care Team

Canberra Health Service Renal Services

 The Gold Coast SPACE Team

Gold Coast Health Service

 Ward 1A

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne

 

Outstanding Achievement in Volunteering Award

IMPACCT Consumer Advisory Group

University of Technology Sydney

 EPC’s Volunteer Team

Eastern Palliative Care Victoria

 Susie and Gary Wilson

Co-founders & Directors,
Ambulance Wish Western Australia

 

Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Palliative Care Award

Julie Rose

Senior Aboriginal Health Worker and Project Officer,
Calvary Mater Newcastle in the Hunter New England Local Health District

 Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service Pop-Up Palliative Care Service

Queensland

 Cindy Paardekooper and Kathy Pearce

Aboriginal Comfort Care Project,
Central Adelaide Palliative Care Service

 

Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in Palliative Care Award

Priyanka Vandersman

Research Fellow,
End of Life Directions for Aged Care Project and Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, Flinders University

 Kate Munro

Nurse Manager,
Hunter New England Health

 Gillian Myles

Clinical Nurse Consultant,
Metro South Palliative Care,
Queensland Health

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

We are excited to announce a new award category – the Lifetime Achievement Award. This special award will be presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to palliative care in Australia over a period of 20 years or more.

 

Please contact the Palliative Care Australia events team on 02 6232 0700 or events@palliativecare.org.au if you have any questions.

 

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