Campaign for a palliative care hospice on the Coast ramps up

Committee members of Elsie's Retreat present NSW Health Minister with the petition together with Terrigal MP Adam CrouchCommittee members of Elsie's Retreat present NSW Health Minister with the petition together with Terrigal MP Adam Crouch

The Elsie’s Retreat Project is ramping up its efforts to obtain a palliative care hospice for the Coast and recently presented NSW Minister for Health, Brad Hazzard, with a 10,000 signature petition.

Elsie’s Retreat Chair and long-time campaigner, Margaret Pearce, said the government needed to act now on this pressing issue. “We have many people suffering in our community every single day and it is just not fair,” Pearce said.

Full article in the print edition of Coast Community News…