National Palliative Care Projects - Core Projects

Overview

The National Palliative Care Projects are intended to improve the quality of palliative care service delivery in Australia. The objectives of the grant opportunity are to support nationally focussed projects that: * Improve the quality of and access to palliative care service skill development for service providers; * Improve the quality of palliative care service delivery in community and acute care settings; * Build and enhance research and data collection capacity within the palliative care sector; * Strengthen understanding and increase uptake of advance care planning; * Improve knowledge within the palliative care sector and community awareness of palliative care; * Improve collaboration and linkages between the Commonwealth and State and Territory Governments' palliative care activities; and * Improve the collation and dissemination of palliative care information across the sector. Under this grant opportunity, funding is available for the continuation of six established National Palliative Care Projects that are fundamental to the delivery of palliative care in Australia.