Angela Vaughan, a registered paramedic, is the NSW Ambulance End of Life & Palliative Care Manager and has been a paramedic in metropolitan Sydney for the last 17 years. As the program lead for the NSW Ambulance Palliative Care program, Angela is enhancing current paramedic practice and working with stakeholders, to strengthen NSW Ambulance capability. Angela represents NSW Ambulance on several committees across NSW, providing valuable insight into the role paramedics play in a patient’s health journey. She is passionate about embedding the principles of palliative care into paramedic practice, so that paramedics are further empowered to provide high quality, patient-centred care within the community.

Fraser Watson is an Extended Care Paramedic Clinical Lead for Hato Hone St John New Zealand (from 2020), providing clinical support and leadership for the national team of specialist paramedics, including guideline development and initiation of clinical projects such as the ECP palliative care continuous subcutaneous infusion pilot. Fraser is a member of the New Zealand National Palliative Care Steering Group, Te Kaunihera Manapou Paramedic Council Professional Conduct Committee, and the ACP CPG SIG. Fraser lives at Otaki Beach with his wife Lis, two daughters and a 9-year old Huntaway Beardie X. Social football player, occasional runner and compulsive amateur DIY/landscaper.

Associate Professor Mark Boughey, Director of Palliative Medicine & Deputy Director of the Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria. I have over 33 years of experience in palliative care, with leadership positions within State, National, and International programs. I continue to strive for palliative care excellence and its universal integration in health care, where people feel valued and understood, needs are recognized, and appropriately responded to.

Caroline Phillips is a Clinical Paramedic Specialist working for a community hospice team. After graduating as a Paramedic in 2008, Caroline worked for the London Ambulance Service for 15 years in clinical, education and service development roles. An 18 month sabbatical in Australia allowed Caroline to experience work as a Passive Movement Therapist in a hospital for people with Motor Neurone Disease, building on previous experience working as a massage therapist for a hospice in London. Caroline left the ambulance service and joined St Christopher’s Hospice in 2021. She works in the community team, attending to those in their home to support with symptom control in the final months and days of life