Palliative care
Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (EMPHN) aims to improve access and offer support to those who need palliative care. Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients (adults and children) and their families who are facing problems associated with life-threatening illness.
Palliative Care
EMPHN works in partnership with local palliative care services and networks to provide education and facilitate connections between key stakeholders involved in supporting people who need palliative or end-of-life care – in particular, primary care providers, aged care providers and community care providers.
The program aims to improve awareness of underrepresented consumer groups about available palliative and end-of-life care services, and remove the barriers limiting their access to support – specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, those who identify as LGBTQIA+, are from a CALD background, have a disability, or have a non-malignant disease or chronic condition such as dementia.
Palliative Care Access to Core Medicines (PCAM)
