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This version of the Strategy has been produced following the 2016 evaluation of the National Palliative Care Strategy 2010 and has been developed through extensive consultation with Commonwealth, state and territory health departments, carers, peak bodies for consumers and service providers, clinicians, service managers, and a range of public, private and not-for-profit organisations involved in palliative care.
The strategy sets out a shared direction for palliative care services across Australia having regard to the following six guiding principles:
The purpose of the National Palliative Care Strategy 2018 is for it to be used by all Australian governments, as well as organisations and individuals, in guiding the improvement of palliative care across Australia so that people affected by life-limiting illnesses get the care they need to live well. The Strategy provides a shared direction and an authorising environment for the continual improvement of palliative care services in Australia.
Visit the Department of Health website for further information.
Gold Coast Health (GCH) has developed a suite of Advance Care Planning (ACP) videos. This is one of a suite of videos GCH have developed discussing the importance of ACP. In this video, Kevin Heisner (Advance Care Planning Clinical Nurse Consultant from Gold Coast Health) and local GP Dr Andrew Weis...
The End of Life Law for Clinicians (‘ELLC’) online training program has released a new free online module for GPs, nurses and other primary care health professionals about Australian laws on voluntary assisted dying (VAD). Designed by clinicians and experts in end of life law, it discusses the k...
Health Consumers Queenslanders invites 20 consumers and/or carers to host a discussion with members of your community to learn about their experiences with care at end of life. Sometimes, the treatment and care provided to those who have been diagnosed with a life limiting condition (including advan...
Queensland Health staff will now be able to access advance care planning (ACP) documents and add comments to the ACP Tracker via their mobile devices. Download Fact sheet: New – Guide to accessing the ACP Tracker via mobile devices Queensland Ambulance Service will also be able to access this ...
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