National Palliative Care Standards Community of Practice - Standard Eight: Quality Improvement

Date
19 Feb 2026
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Cost
Free

Available to
General Practice
General Practitioners
Pharmacists
Health and Social Service providers
Allied Health Practitioners
Medical Specialist
Aged Care Worker
Nurse

Continuing Professional Development

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Palliative care

Join us for our monthly deep dive into the National Palliative Care Standards, where we explore one standard in detail and discuss ways to embed it into everyday practice.

This month, we focus on Standard Eight: Quality Improvement, encouraging services to engage in continuous improvement and research to enhance care.

Our expert panel, Dr Claudia Virdun, Toni Arndell and Donna O’Brien, will reflect on their experiences, share insights and discuss how the Standard can be integrated into day-to-day practice.  

The National Palliative Care Standards for Specialist Services (Edition 5.1, 2024) set a vision for compassionate, high-quality palliative care. Complementing these, the National Palliative Care Standards for All Health Professionals and Aged Care Services (2022) acknowledge that palliative care occurs across diverse settings. The Palliative Care Self-Assessment (PaCSA) supports services in self-assessing against both sets of standards and developing action plans for continuous quality improvement. 

Make the most of this session by downloading the National Palliative Care Standards and PaCSA before the webinar: palliativecare.org.au/national-palliative-care-standards 

What we’ll cover in the webinar: 

  • The intention of Standard Eight: Quality Improvement. 
  • Panel discussion around the elements of the standard. 
  • Questions from the audience. 

Whether you work in a specialist or non-specialist palliative care service, the Community of Practice and monthly webinars have been designed to support you in providing high-quality palliative care. 

Haven’t joined the CoP yet? Complete the Expression of Interest Form