Palliative care consortia bring together senior management representatives and clinicians from all healthcare services funded to provide specialist palliative care. Their focus is to work collaboratively within each Department of Health and Human Services region to deliver and develop palliative care services.
Palliative care consortia support palliative care providers within their designated catchment to:
- raise awareness of palliative care amongst health care providers, ancillary services, community groups and organisations including residential facilities
- foster collaboration amongst service providers to maximize designated palliative care resources, reduce duplication of effort and promote consistency of practice
- promote end of life and palliative care education and training
- inform improvements to practice through their Clinical Advisory Group and broader clinical engagement activities, including liaison with Safer Care Victoria’s Palliative Care Clinical Network
- advise the department about regional priorities for future service development and funding.
Consortiums are required to provide an annual report to the Department of Health and Human Services at the completion of each financial year.
More information about each regional consortium including their annual reports can be found on their individual websites.
Barwon South Western Regional Palliative Care Consortium
| Chairperson |
Jacqui White, Manager Palliative Care, Barwon Health |
| Manager |
Myra McRae
Phone: (03) 4215 5661 |
Eastern Metropolitan Region Palliative Care Consortium
| Chairperson |
Professor Claire Johnson, Vivian Bullwinkel Chair in Palliative Care Eastern Health and Monash University |
| Manager |
Barb Dobson
Phone: (03) 8804 0651 | Email: consortiummanager@epc.asn.au |
Gippsland Regional Palliative Care Consortium
| Chairperson |
Cheryl Bush, Executive Manager Clinical and Nursing Services, Gippsland Lakes Community Health Service |
| Manager |
Anny Byrne
Phone: (03) 5623 0684 | Email: GRPCC.Enquiries@wghg.com.au |
Grampians Regional Palliative Care Consortium
| Chairperson |
Peter Armstrong, Director Clinical Services, East Grampians Health Service
|
| Manager |
Brenda Green
Phone: 0407 555 496 | Email: GRPCC.gpalcareconsort@gmail.com |
Hume Regional Palliative Care Consortium
| Chairperson |
Jo-anne Cavill, Director Clinical Services, Seymour Health |
| Manager |
Elizabeth Jenkins |
Loddon Mallee Regional Palliative Care Consortium
North and West Metropolitan Region Palliative Care Consortium
| Chairperson |
Janet Phillips, Strategy and Operations Manager Palliative Care, Melbourne City Mission |
| Manager |
Kathleen Menzies
Phone: (03) 9977 0026 | Email: kmenzies@mcm.org.au |
Southern Metropolitan Region Palliative Care Consortium
| Chairperson |
Rachel Bovenizer, Chief Executive Officer, Peninsula Home Hospice |
| Manager |
Tanja Bahro
Phone: 0418 584 106 | Email: tanja.bahro@smrpcc.org.au |