About PCV
Advocacy
Advocacy at an individual, community and systemic level is an important part of our work. We help many people with a life limiting illness and their families to access palliative care services and provide advice about their rights and avenues available to them to resolve any issues.
We also work with the Victorian Government and other relevant organisations. We make submissions, contribute to policy development and seek the funding needed to ensure Victoria has a strong palliative care service capable of providing high quality palliative care and end of life care to all Victorians, when and where they need it.
As a founding and active member of Palliative Care Australia, we also contribute advice on a range of national palliative care policies and programs.
Recent Work
This is an important time for the development of palliative care and end of life care in Victoria. Here are some recent submissions and presentations to the Victorian Government:
- Victorian Government asked to commit $65 M a year to improve access to palliative care
- Capacity of Victorian Palliative Care Services to meet demand, funding trends, priorities May 2017
- Palliative Care Victoria Submission on VAD Legislation 2017
- Palliative Care Victoria 2016 State Budget Call to Action - Summary
- Palliative Care Victoria 2016 State Budget Call to Action 2015-2019
- Increasing Need for Palliative Care
- Quality of Life Benefits of Palliative Care
- Economic Reasons for Investing in Palliative Care
- An overview of palliative care in Victoria
- Submission to the End of Life Choices Inquiry
- Simplifying Medical Treatment Decision Making & Advance Care Planning - Submission