http://www.cota.org.au/lib/pdf/COTA_Australia/public_policy/submission_palliative_care.pdf
COTA makes the following recommendations.
Publication of an annual report on progress on the action areas identified in the National Palliative Care Strategy to improve accountability and to highlight areas needing more attention.
[b] Increased funding for a community awareness campaign on palliative care and end of life care to move the campaign to the local level. This would also include encouraging the use of advanced care directives.[/b][b]
Development of and funding for integrated palliative care services to ensure all people with a terminal illness can access services. Consumers should be included in the design of such services.[/b]
Funding for palliative should not be time limited and should allow for differing intensity of support as the individual’s condition changes.
Funding should be distributed across the various care settings in line with patterns of demand to improve the possibility of people having care in their setting of choice.
An implementation plan for the national framework on advanced care directives with regular reporting on progress.
Advanced care directive should be included in personal electronic health records.