Palliative Care Workforce Service Forecast
Lead: Dr Simon Allan
Palliative care in New Zealand is provided in a variety of settings including community, hospitals, residential care and hospices. The majority of people with cancer will require palliative care but an increasing number of people with chronic diseases also require and benefit from palliative care. These people often require palliative care for a longer duration than people with cancer.
Specialist palliative care services are essential in providing expert clinical care and advice for people with complex symptoms requiring palliation. Non-specialist services particularly primary care, community health nursing and residential care are also essential in the provision of palliative care.
The aim of the Palliative Care Workforce Service Forecast was to develop a vision and model of palliative care service and workforce for 2020 in a context of increasing demand and limited funding.
The forecast was informed by literature; palliative care service and workforce data; population and forecasting data; patient experience in palliative care and also innovations that are occurring in palliative care services in New Zealand.
Next Steps
With a considerable amount of work underway within the MoH and across the sector, HWNZ is aiming to build on projects that are planned or established to ensure next steps from the forecast achieve the greatest benefit.
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