What we’re doing about palliative care

We work to make sure you get the highest level of palliative care. Find out about our strategies, programs and research.

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:

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.

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.

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