Capital Health Network

Australian allied health clinicians play an active role in the physical, social, and psycho‑spiritual care of palliative care patients and carers. The Palliative Care Australia Service Delivery Guidelines acknowledge the role of primary and community health care providers in meeting the needs of people living with a life‑limiting illness. One of the roles is providing a wide range of psychological support, social support, pastoral care, and bereavement support.

Capital Health Network invites health care professionals working in primary and community health care to this exclusive one‑day Grief and Bereavement Workshop! We will be joined by Sonia Fenwick from Canberra Grief Centre to dive into grief and bereavement for palliative care/end‑of‑life care.

Speaker Details:

Sonia is the Director and owner of Canberra Grief Centre. She is a Level 4 registered clinical counsellor with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia and an internationally certified thanatologist (study of death, dying and bereavement) with the Association of Death Education Counselling. Sonia has over 20 years’ experience working in various settings related to death, dying, grief, bereavement, and associated trauma, including palliative care and coronial counselling.

Capital Health Network, together with the ACT Health and Community Services Directorate, invites GPs, GP Registrars, Nurse Practitioners, and other primary care providers working in the ACT to attend a face-to-face workshop on Opioid Maintenance Treatment (OMT).

The workshop will focus on supporting health care professionals to deliver OMT by equipping participants with the knowledge and guidance needed to become prescribers, along with a clear action plan for next steps.

The aim is to build workforce confidence, strengthen referral pathways, address barriers to supporting patients with substance use disorders and ultimately to expand and enhance the OMT prescriber network in the ACT.

Who should attend:

• General Practitioners (including GP Registrars)
• Nurse Practitioners
• Practice Nurses
• Practice Managers