Home - Resources & Links

This pages provides access to a variety of resources and links related to NSAP. For services who elect to Sign up, Register or complete Peer review - further information will be available on this page, once logged in.

• Working together; The role of consumers in quality palliative care - information on NSAP for the consumer
• Palliative Care Australia website
  • Resource page
• CareSearch website

• Standards make a difference; Improving quality of care at the end of life

• Australian College of Health Service Executives
  ACHSE aims to develop and foster excellence in health service management through education and ongoing professional development for existing and potential health service managers.
  w: www.achse.org.au 
  
  
• Australasian Association for Quality in Health Care
  w: www.aaqhc.org.au 
  
  
• CareSearch
  CareSearch palliative care knowledge network is an online resource consolidating evidence-based and quality information for various groups within the palliative care community.
  p: 61 8 8275 2817
  f:  61 8 8275 1343
  w: www.caresearch.com.au
  e: caresearch@flinders.edu.au 
  
  
• NHS Surveys
  w: www.nhssurveys.org 
  
  
• Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration
  Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) is a voluntary, quality initiative that assists participating palliative care services to measure continuous improvement in the quality and effectiveness of their services. PCOC collects and uses standardised data and assessment tools enabling services throughout Australia to develop a common language to describe patients and their acuity.
  p: 61 2 4221 5092
  f:  61 2 4221 4679
  w: http://chsd.uow.edu.au/pcoc/ 
  e: pcoc@uow.edu.au
   
   
• Picker Institute
  w: www.pickereurope.org/
   
   
• Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
  Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care is dedicated to long-term changes to improve health care for dying people and their families.
  w: www.promotingexcellence.org 
  
  
• The Quality Resource Guide - available for order via the PCA website
  This guide was developed to provide the health care sector with information about improving quality of care; provide tools to measure, evaluate and review quality activities; and provide advice on reporting the findings of any review. 
  
  
• Standards for Providing Quality Palliative Care for all Australians (4th ed, 2005)