What matters
most to us

Improve Access and Equity of Palliative Care Services
Across Queensland

Hold consultation and information forums with clinical specialists to promote timely referral into palliative care.

Develop and pilot integrated referral and eligibility criteria for consistency and care of palliative patients of all ages statewide.

Advocate for sustainable, data-driven, collaborative models that bring together all palliative care services across primary care, community pharmacy and palliative care, hospice & statewide Hospital and Health Services.

Address access barriers for people under 65 through better alignment across the National Disability Insurance Scheme, MASS PCEP, and the Queensland Community Support Scheme centered and accessible care

Strengthen and Sustain the Palliative Care Workforce

Improve data collection and sharing to support evidence based training, recruitment and advocacy.

Expand palliative care specific training for generalist health care, primary care, community health care, aged care and disability care staff.

Collaborate with the tertiary education sector to embed palliative care awareness and pathways into undergraduate health degrees (e.g. Social work, paramedicine, nursing, medicine, psychology, dietetics, pharmacy, nutrition, occupational therapy), encouraging more emerging clinicians to enter the field.

Increase Funding and Support for Hospice and Community Palliative Care Services

Advocate for data-driven long-term, equitable funding models that recognise the essential role of hospice and community palliative care services, enabling them to meet growing demand and deliver high-quality, person-centred care across Queensland.

Raise awareness of the need for increased investment and collaboration to expand hospice and community palliative care across metropolitan, rural, and remote areas—ensuring all Queenslanders can access care close to home and, when possible, die in their place of choice.

Strengthen innovative models of delivery to expand access to mobile and outreach services in rural and remote regions. care services.

Increase Death Literacy, Cultural Safety, and Community
Empowerment Through Education, Training and Events

Develop and embed culturally safe, community-led First Nations palliative care education and training, developed in partnership with Elders, local knowledge holders and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Deliver accessible community education sessions across Queensland to increase death literacy and understanding of Advance Care Planning, helping individuals, families, and communities to have informed conversations about death, dying and future care preferences.

Work with statewide and local organisations to deliver high-quality, community focused events (e.g. Good Life Good Death Expos) to help educate and raise awareness of palliative care services, end-of-life planning and the support organisations available to communities in their local areas.