Palliative care phone service opens statewide

HAPPY to see additional support offered in palliative care with the State Government announcement of a free and confidential phone service is WDHS primary and preventative health director, Mac McInnes. Photo: TASH FRANKO.

By Mark Rabich

September 03, 2021 | 2:14 PM

WESTERN District Health Service has welcomed a State Government commitment to support those living with life-limiting illness and those who support them by funding Victoria’s first specialist palliative and end of life care phone service.

The Palliative Care Advice Service (PCAS) is free and confidential service for anyone seeking information, guidance or support to help them live with, and make decisions about, life-limiting illness.