Tag: Catholic Health Australia

Modern healthcare can be curiously bloodless, focussing on wages, the expense of drugs, insurance and patients’ length of stay. Yet those intangibles that cannot be tallied up on spreadsheets—compassion, the dignity of persons and the spiritual dimension of healthcare—are truly at the heart of our profession, writes Brigid Meney.

National palliative care week provides an important opportunity to raise awareness about palliative care, in particular the top quality physical and spiritual care offered by Catholic providers all over Australia, writes Brigid Meney.

Events such as this week’s Jobs & Skills Summit are golden opportunities to ensure diverse voices who often don’t get the prominence warranted, are...

Palliative care experts have welcomed the state government’s plans to boost the sector with an additional $743 million in funding over the next five...

Euthanasia legislation has passed the NSW Parliament, with Archbishop Anthony Fisher describing it as “truly a dark day for New South Wales”. The Voluntary Assisted...

With debate on Independent MP Alex Greenwich’s “voluntary assisted dying” legislation coming to a head in the NSW Upper House, Catholic aged care providers are concerned they will be forced to allow euthanasia on premises without conscience protections.

Catholic Health Australia has stepped up its opposition to NSW’s assisted dying legislation with a campaign calling for better access to palliative care instead...

Much of the work done by Catholic welfare, health and aged care providers for the most disadvantaged is done behind the scenes.

  With school returning this week, it’s a stressful time for Sydney parents. We're all navigating territory I think we all assumed we left behind...

The forum aims to discuss mental health, public health and the question of solidarity in the face of the ongoing pandemic

Experts reject an attempt to force hospitals and aged care facilities to offer assisted suicide.

Catholic organisations and charities have welcomed the Federal Government’s 2020-21 budget with mixed sentiments.