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How will we know we are succeeding?
Palliative care is being accessed, but we want to target those with greatest need. The Palliative Care Council has identified inequalities of access to palliative care based on diagnosis (evidence of under-utilisation by those with non-malignant conditions), with a lack of suitable service provision for children and young people. We would like to see an increase in palliative support for this group.
The development of Waikato Palliative Care Plan is expected to occur in 2015/16. Once agreed, the plan will detail a high level ‘road map’ for palliative care and end of life for the Waikato district. This plan will take into account a significant number of national, regional and local initiatives which include increased hospice funding, palliative care health needs analysis and updated service specifications.
Through the process to develop this plan, it is expected that the key measures for monitoring performance in this area will be identified. This will enable Waikato DHB to further refine our performance story for our intermediate impact of more people with end stage conditions are appropriately supported.
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