Queensland Health Specialist Palliative Care Workforce Plan

The Queensland Health Specialist Palliative Care Workforce Plan (the Workforce Plan) is a key component of the Queensland  Government's investment to build and develop the Queensland Health specialist palliative care workforce as a key enabler in the delivery of specialist palliative care services. The Workforce Plan is a complementary document to the Strategy.

Currently, health consumers and their families in Queensland may experience differing and inequitable access to specialist palliative care
services as a result of where they live. Addressing this inequity is one of the key priorities of the Strategy and Workforce Plan.

This Workforce Plan aims to position the specialist palliative care workforce within Queensland Health to provide equitable, responsive, culturally safe and appropriate, and holistic treatment and care to people with life-limiting illnesses of all ages, and provide support for their families and carers in Queensland. The Workforce Plan focuses on strategies and actions to build, attract, recruit, develop, and retain a specialist palliative care workforce.

Queensland Health. Queensland Health Specialist Palliative Care Workforce Plan (12.54MB pdf). Brisbane, QLD: Queensland Government; 2022 Oct.

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