We are the lead academic partner of the Brisbane South Palliative Care Collaborative. The Collaborative functions to progress clinical palliative care service delivery by implementing intersectoral palliative care research, training and education and quality improvement programs.
During the past two years, staff at the Collaborative have designed and implemented three randomised controlled trials aimed at improving symptom control, conducted numerous workshops in rural and urban Queensland to up-skill practitioners of palliative care and produced an end-of-life care pathway for palliative patients in residential and aged care facilities.
The Collaborative is also involved in the strategic development of palliative care services across the Southern Area Health Service, Queensland Health through its close association with the Palliative Care Clinical Network.