is a specialty medical society that facilitates professional development for its members and promotes the practice of palliative medicine, in order to improve the quality of care for people with life-limiting illness. Our members are medical practitioners who provide care for people with a life-limiting illness and include palliative medicine specialists, palliative medicine training registrars and other doctors with an interest in palliative care such as general practitioners, oncologists, haematologists, intensivists, psychiatrists and geriatricians.