Palliative Care

Rural Palliative Care Project

This page provides information on the Rural Palliative Care Project which is funded under the National Palliative Care Program.

The Department of Health and Ageing is providing funding through the Australian General Practice Network (AGPN) for the Rural Palliative Care Project (RPCP). This project provides support to rural or remote Divisions of General Practice to implement successful elements of the model developed from the Griffith Area Palliative Care Service (GAPS) Project and the pilot of the Rural Palliative Care Project (2003–2006).

The RPCP aims to resource Divisions of General Practice across Australia to provide models of palliative care service delivery that can be adapted to address the local needs of rural communities.

Under the RPCP, 35 Divisions of General Practice/consortia of Divisions have been engaged to implement palliative care projects in their local regions. The project commenced in 2008, is being implemented in two waves, and is scheduled for completion in June 2010.

Wave 1
Barwon DGP	NSW
Central Victoria GPN	VIC
Capricornia DGP	QLD
Central Highlands GPN	VIC
Central QLD Rural DGP	QLD
Eastern Ranges GP Assoc	VIC
Eyre Peninsular DGP	SA
General Practice Alliance - South Gippsland	VIC
GP Assoc of Geelong	VIC
Limestone Coast DGP	SA
Mackay DGP	QLD
Riverina DGP	NSW
Southern DGP-AHDGP	SA
Sunshine Coast DGP	QLD
Tweed Valley DGP	NSW
Wave 2
Adelaide Northern DGP	SA
Ballarat & District DGP	VIC
Albury Wodonga GPN	VIC
Central West Gippsland DGP & East Gippsland	VIC
Dubbo Plains DGP	NSW
General Practice Network Northern Territory	NT
Goulburn Valley	VIC
Great Southern GP Network	WA
Hasting Macleay DGP	NSW
Kimberley DGP	WA
Mallee DGP	SA
Northern Rivers	NSW
NSW Central West DGP	NSW
Otway DGP	VIC
Riverland and Murray Mallee	SA
Shoalhaven DGP	NSW
Southern Highlands DGP	NSW
Wheatbelt	WA
Yorke Peninsular	SA
General Practice South (Tas) & GP North West	TAS

Further information can be found on the AGPN website.
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