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PallConsult

PallConsult is a Queensland Health service designed to boost the ability of local healthcare teams to deliver patient-centred palliative care.

Queensland Health is committed to improving health services for Queenslanders in areas of need. One such area is community-based end-of-life care. PallConsult has been designed to boost the ability of local healthcare teams to deliver patient-centred palliative care.

PallConsult is part of a larger Queensland Health initiative aiming to enhance delivery of community-based palliative care services with the use of telehealth resources and tailored vocational education. PallConsult will enable people in the last year of their life to access the right care, at the right time and in the setting of their choice. This PDF iconfactsheet explains more about PallConsult.

About us

PallConsult provides clinical outreach services to build capacity across Queensland for local clinicians to provide quality care for people approaching end of life and wishing to remain at home. The PallConsult team comprises medical and nursing specialists from the Metro South Palliative Care Service.   

Services include:

  • 24/7 hotline for doctors, nurse practitioners and pharmacists to directly access a palliative care medical consultant
  • 24/7 hotline for nursing and allied health staff to access specialist palliative care nurses
  • Medical consultant backup palliative care advice for Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics and the Royal Flying Doctors Service
  • Education and mentoring sessions for hospital, community and residential aged care facility staff.

Resources

NCADD infusion pump, CADD SOLIS, SOLIS, infusion pump, EW - CADD-SOLIS and CADD-SOLIS VIP infusion pumps

A learning package for health professionals on how to safely set up, commence and provide necessary documentation for the CADD-SOLIS and CADD-SOLIS VIP infusion pumps for use in palliative care clinical settings - community, residential aged care and inpatient.

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Niki Syringe PumpNIKI T34, T34 and BodyGuard T syringe pump
A learning package for health professionals on how to safely set up, commence and provide necessary documentation for the NIKI T34, T34 and BodyGuard T syringe pump for use in palliative care clinical settings - community, residential aged care and inpatient. 

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Palliative care resources, tools and education
This document allows GPs, nurses and personal care workers to easily locate relevant resources, tools and education relating to palliative and end-of-life care.

 

 

The Surefuser infusion device
A suite of resources has been developed for health professionals to learn how to set up, commence and monitor a Surefuser infusion device for use in the palliative care setting.

 

 

palliPHARM
A project working with community pharmacists to ensure Residential Aged Care Facility residents and all other community-based palliative care patients have timely access to palliative care medicines, if needed.

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More information

End-of-life care framework

Advance care planning

Managing a home death

Medicine and symptom management

Useful forms

Voluntary Assisted Dying

Last updated 22 August 2023
Last reviewed 22 August 2023