Key messages
- The Palliative Care Advice Service is a phone-based service that provides specialist guidance for people living with a life-limiting illness, and those who support them.
- Motor Neurone Disease Association Victoria provides support for people living with motor neurone disease.
- The Statewide Specialist Bereavement Service provides bereavement counselling, builds capacity for the health and community services, and facilitates leadership for the bereavement sector.
- Palliative Care Victoria is the peak body for palliative care services in Victoria.
- Palliative care research in Victoria is primarily conducted through selected academic centres.
Victoria's statewide palliative care services provide specialist advice and support in developing workforce capacity in particular areas of expertise.
Palliative Care Advice Service
The Palliative Care Advice Service is a phone-based service for anyone seeking access to specialist guidance and advice for people living with a life-limiting illness.
The service also supports family, friends and neighbours and all healthcare workers.
Motor Neurone Disease Association
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Victoria provides family support, including needs assessment, referral and equipment; community and professional education activities; and support for generalist providers who are caring for people living with motor neurone disease.
Statewide Specialist Bereavement Service
The Statewide Specialist Bereavement Service (SSBS) is operated by Grief Australia.
The SSBS provides specialist bereavement counselling, builds the capacity of generalist health and community services and facilitates leadership, quality and health promotion for the bereavement sector.
Academic centres
The Palliative Care Research Network Victoria has been established to progress statewide research priorities. Palliative care research in Victoria is predominantly conducted through the following institutions, each of which undertakes research and education to help improve the quality of care for people with a life-threatening illness:
- Centre for Palliative Care – a collaborative of The University of Melbourne and auspiced by St Vincent’s Health, which has a research and training focus on family-centred palliative care, psychosocial care, symptom management and service delivery.
- Palliative Care Unit – auspiced by La Trobe University, which has a research focus on public health, pastoral care, sociological studies and supportive care.
Palliative Care Victoria
Palliative Care Victoria (PCV) is the peak body for palliative care services in Victoria. PCV develops and provides information to people living with life-threatening illnesses and their families and advocates for the provision of high-quality palliative care in Victoria.
Reviewed 16 March 2026
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