❓ Hon Nick Goiran asks about the implementation status of the 2005 Palliative Care in Western Australia report, specifically regarding the Palliative Services Project Fund. The answer details progress, limitations, and ongoing initiatives both within and outside the fund's scope.
AnsweredQoN 4470Legislative Council
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In relation to the Palliative Care in Western Australia (2005) report, I ask -
(1) Is it the case that recommendations of the report that have not yet been implemented will be addressed by the Palliative Services Project Fund initiatives by June 2012?
(2) Which recommendations are yet to be implemented?
(1) Is it the case that recommendations of the report that have not yet been implemented will be addressed by the Palliative Services Project Fund initiatives by June 2012?
(2) Which recommendations are yet to be implemented?
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Answered
7 September 2011
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Response time
28 days
(1) The Palliative Care in Western Australia (2005) report was not formally endorsed for implementation of the recommendations. However this report has been an important document to help identify palliative care service gaps and has influenced the work that has been undertaken by the Palliative Care Network in collaboration with all Area Health Services, non government organisations and palliative care services since 2006. There have been numerous achievements utilising existing funding and resources in the absence of additional funding to support the recommendations in the report. In addition the report provided the foundations for the Palliative Services Project Fund (PSPF) initiatives.
There is ongoing work relating to the report initiatives that are outside the jurisdiction of the PSPF - for example recommendations 1-5 and 7-9 that relate to metropolitan inpatient bed allocation. The Palliative Care Network has liaised with both the North and South Area Health Services to advocate that these recommendations inform palliative care data collections; clinical planning and the implementation of the Clinical Services Framework. Other recommendations are being addressed and/or resolved by organisations external to the Department of Health - for example recommendations 24-25 relating to "People who require community services" and recommendation 44 "Children and their families-Respite". Recommendations 37-38 relating to Older People are being addressed through the use of National Partnership Agreement sub-acute care funding until 2013 to implement a training program entitled "Talking about end of life" for residential aged care facilities.
The focus for the Palliative Care Network until June 2012 will be to ensure that the initiatives of the PSPF result in sustainable palliative care services and to undertake further strategic planning.
(2) The following programs are in progress but are yet to be fully implemented by PSPF initiatives:
Area Health Palliative Teams
The establishment of Area Health Teams as a pilot project in both the north and south metropolitan region to provide palliative care consultation in secondary hospitals, mental health facilities, Corrective Services, and Residential Aged Care Facilities that do not currently have access to specialist palliative care. A concurrent evaluation will inform future service delivery.
Protocols and Pathways
The state-wide implementation of the "Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying" and work on Referral Pathways with a current focus on access to palliative care in rural regions.
Education, Training and Workforce Planning
Workforce planning and the development, in partnership with the Cancer Council WA, of palliative care training programs that articulate with the tertiary educator sector.
Rural and Remote Communities
The establishment and ongoing support of regional palliative care teams in the seven WA Country Health Service regions and associated rural activities to improve palliative care access in rural regions.
People from Indigenous Communities
A draft model to guide palliative care for Aboriginal people is at the consultation stage and will inform further activities
Children and their families
The development and ongoing support of a state-wide paediatric palliative care team for non cancer children, based at Princess Margaret Hospital.
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There is ongoing work relating to the report initiatives that are outside the jurisdiction of the PSPF - for example recommendations 1-5 and 7-9 that relate to metropolitan inpatient bed allocation. The Palliative Care Network has liaised with both the North and South Area Health Services to advocate that these recommendations inform palliative care data collections; clinical planning and the implementation of the Clinical Services Framework. Other recommendations are being addressed and/or resolved by organisations external to the Department of Health - for example recommendations 24-25 relating to "People who require community services" and recommendation 44 "Children and their families-Respite". Recommendations 37-38 relating to Older People are being addressed through the use of National Partnership Agreement sub-acute care funding until 2013 to implement a training program entitled "Talking about end of life" for residential aged care facilities.
The focus for the Palliative Care Network until June 2012 will be to ensure that the initiatives of the PSPF result in sustainable palliative care services and to undertake further strategic planning.
(2) The following programs are in progress but are yet to be fully implemented by PSPF initiatives:
Area Health Palliative Teams
The establishment of Area Health Teams as a pilot project in both the north and south metropolitan region to provide palliative care consultation in secondary hospitals, mental health facilities, Corrective Services, and Residential Aged Care Facilities that do not currently have access to specialist palliative care. A concurrent evaluation will inform future service delivery.
Protocols and Pathways
The state-wide implementation of the "Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying" and work on Referral Pathways with a current focus on access to palliative care in rural regions.
Education, Training and Workforce Planning
Workforce planning and the development, in partnership with the Cancer Council WA, of palliative care training programs that articulate with the tertiary educator sector.
Rural and Remote Communities
The establishment and ongoing support of regional palliative care teams in the seven WA Country Health Service regions and associated rural activities to improve palliative care access in rural regions.
People from Indigenous Communities
A draft model to guide palliative care for Aboriginal people is at the consultation stage and will inform further activities
Children and their families
The development and ongoing support of a state-wide paediatric palliative care team for non cancer children, based at Princess Margaret Hospital.
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