About Us

The Consortium’s role is to help deliver and facilitate the Victorian Government’s End of Life Care Framework and (End of Life Care Framework Infographic) and the relevant Implementation Strategy across the Loddon Mallee region.

Strategic Plan (2016-2020 plan currently under development)

The Loddon Mallee Regional Palliative Consortium (LMRPCC) has mapped the seven strategic directions from the state policy into four regional priority areas. The Consortium will deliver on the following initiatives via our Strategic Plan 2012 – 15:

Coordinating Quality Care Across Settings
Building capacity in the palliative care workforce
Delivering targeted health promotions
Building and maintaining a sustainable Consortium.

Our vision

Working collaboratively with stakeholders and the community, so that people in the Loddon Mallee Region with a progressive life-limiting illness and their families/carers, have access to high quality, innovative, responsive and coordinated services.

Our values

Open, respectful and transparent communication.
Commitment to consumer, carer & stakeholder participation.
Collaborative planning underpinned by a social model of health.
Evidence based quality care.

Consortium Membership

The Loddon Mallee Regional Palliative Care Consortium (LMRPCC) comprises members from palliative care services across the Region. Current Consortium Board members are:

Bendigo Health
Kerang District Health (representing LM Region small rural health services)
Castlemaine Health
Echuca Regional Health
Kyneton District Health Service
Maryborough District Health Service
Mildura Base Hospital
Sunraysia Community Health Service Inc
Swan Hill District Health

Key roles:

Consortium Board Chair: Kathy Wright, Executive Officer, Clinical Services, Swan Hill District Health..
Consortium Manager: Susan Morgan

Annual Reports

Read the Consortium’s 2015-16 Annual Report here

Read the Consortium’s 2014 15 Annual Report FINAL here

Read the Consortium’s 2013-14 Annual Report here

Read the Consortium’s 2012-13 Annual Report here.

Read the Consortium’s 2011-2012 Annual Report here.

Read the Consortium’s 2010-2011 Annual Report here.

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Latest News

Aboriginal Postgraduate Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship Program

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are registered nurses or midwives working in the Victorian public health sector may apply for a scholarship. The scholarships are targeting areas of:

palliative care (Cherie Waight scholarship)
aged care/renal dialysis/chronic disease/oncology/diabetes
other postgraduate nursing and midwifery courses

Applications are due 24 February 2016

Aboriginal Postgraduate Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship Program 2016

Application form Aboriginal Postgraduate Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship Guidelines 2015-2016

End of Life Pathways

You can find here the response from the Centre for Palliative Care to the demise of the UK End of Life Pathways program: Centre for Palliative Care _ Victorian End-of-Life Care Coordinating Program (VEC)

9 week free online course on dementia

The University of Tasmania’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Understanding Dementia, draws upon the expertise of neuroscientists, clinicians and dementia care professionals in the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre. You can obtain more information about the course and sign up for it here.

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