Palliative Care Lecture Series:

Hospice New Zealand are delighted to offer a free programme of monthly palliative care lectures online.   You can register via Hospice NZ and watch it in your own time and space.  Once completed you can download a certificate.

Up coming palliative care education sessions:

If interested in any of these sessions please RSVP via form on this page by clicking the RSVP button or email education@hospicemn.org.nz. 

Practical workshop caring for people at the end of life for Health Care Assistants/Kaiáwhina.

2nd May Kerikeri Te Rangimarie Cottage Hospice Mid-Northland 

4th July Hokianga

12th September Kaitaia Hospital, Meeting Room

Palliative Care Study Day - Presenters Dr. Warrick Jones and Dr. Di Murphy, Palliative Care Specialists:

23 May Hokianga

24 October location TBC

Syringe Driver Training: Hospice Mid-Northland and Far North Community Hospice provides Syringe Driver Training courses. Online learning is available prior to a practical workshop run by the educator for Hospice Mid-Northland and Far North Community Hospice.  Please note that the online component must be completed prior to attendance. 

9th May Kaitaia Hospital, meeting room

3rd October Kaitaia Hospital meeting room

Please email education@hospicemn.org.nz to book a date of the practical workshop for your team at your place of work. 

Fundamentals of palliative care, practical workshop

15 August Hokianga 

14 November- Kaitaia Hospital, Meeting Room  8.30am - 4pm. 

Morning Tea provided bring your own lunch. 

The Fundamentals of Palliative Care Programme – Ngā Tūāpapa, o te Pairuri

A new, blended online learning programme

The Fundamentals of Palliative Care programme is designed for any healthcare worker, registered and non-registered staff caring for people with a palliative care need.  Being educated about palliative care will help you improve the assessment and outcomes for people in your care, their family and whánau, as well as yourself and other healthcare workers.

Following a recent review, work commenced to make the Fundamentals programme available to a wider audience. Hospice New Zealand, in collaboration with its member hospices is excited to offer a new blended online learning Fundamentals of Palliative Care programme, for participants to enroll in.

Watch an overview of the online programme:

Watch this short (2 min) introductory video to help set you up before you get started. It includes what is covered in the programme, how to sign up, what you need to do to complete the programme and where to go for support.

You can also download this information flyer about the online programme.

Background:

The programme was launched nationally in 2012, since that time, regular reviews have occurred and in 2016 the Introduction to Spiritual Care package was added to the programme.  Each year around 10,000 people nationally have taken part in one or more of the packages.

Knowledge Hub:

For more information and to enroll, visit the Knowledge Hub.

The Fundamentals of Palliative Care workshops associated with the online learning can be booked through your closest Hospice. Please note, you must complete the online learning prior to booking a workshop