Dr Kat Urban, a palliative care specialist at Lismore Base Hospital, is opening a new private supportive and palliative care clinic at the Bangalow Consulting Centre.
Dr Urban said that while there were established community palliative care services in the area, there were a lack of available clinic options for those able to attend a specialist appointment. Those people may be earlier in their journey and not necessarily require review but a multidisciplinary team at home.
She said the clinic’s goal was to encourage earlier referral to supportive/palliative care services for patients diagnosed with a life-limiting illness who may benefit from specialist symptom management or assistance with advanced care planning.
Dr Urban recently relocated to the area after working at Concord and Prince of Wales hospitals in Sydney as a Palliative Care Specialist, and Head of Department respectively.
She sees patients at Lismore Base Hospital in a consultative capacity and has a special interest in cancer symptom management and fatigue research.
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