Strategies
The National Palliative Care Strategy 2018
The National Palliative Care Strategy is our plan to make sure you get the highest level of palliative care. We developed this strategy with help from everyone who provides your palliative care services.
Our Implementation Plan for the National Palliative Care Strategy will help us improve palliative care services for all Australians.
Initiatives and programs
We fund a range of national palliative care initiatives and programs. These initiatives and programs mostly focus on education, training, quality improvement and advance care planning.
We have designed these initiatives and programs to help you access and receive the best palliative care possible.
Our main initiatives are:
- Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care measure
- Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care measure
- ELDAC: End of life directions for aged care
- National Palliative Care Projects
- Palliative Care Service Navigation Pilot.
See all our palliative care initiatives and programs.
Research
Workforce market research
We conducted market research from June to August 2022. This research explored opportunities to provide high-quality palliative care in the primary care and aged care workforces.
We interviewed 36 health care professionals who deliver palliative care. We also surveyed:
- 605 health care professionals across Australia who give palliative care services.
- 405 consumers across Australia.
The research findings informed a range a range of initiatives and workforce education and training opportunities. To learn about these findings, see the final report.
Palliative care market research – Insights report
National framework for advance care planning documents
The review and update of the National Framework for Advance Care Directives 2011 has been completed. The new National framework for advance care planning documents supports advance care planning across all states and territories.
