Simone Kiefel is a Clinical Nurse Consultant who has worked with the Victorian Paediatric Palliative Care Program, Royal Children’s Hospital since 2009. Simone has extensive experience in paediatrics, working in both hospital and community settings and with children diagnosed with acute, chronic and malignant diseases. Simone's palliative care goals for children and families is that they receive equitable, safe and quality care throughout the trajectory of the child's illness.