Palliative Care Queensland (PCQ) wants to hear from people with knowledge and experience of palliative care services in regional and rural Queensland. Including but not limited to health professionals, health consumers, carers, community groups, community service providers and volunteers.
 
We are conducting the following survey to assist PCQ and Queensland Health to understand:
  • What services and supports are available
  • What services and supports are needed
  • What are some opportunities for improvement
  • What are the recommended priorities
The survey results will be unidentifiable and collated into a Palliative Care in Queensland - Regional and Rural Services 2019 report for Queensland Health. PCQ has received funding from Queensland Health to provide this report.
 
For the purpose of this survey Regional and Rural services in Queensland are services located in the ABS ASGS Remoteness Areas of RA2-RA5 (ie. Services south of Noosa Heads and east of Ipswich City are included -ie All of Brisbane and the majority of the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Ipswich areas are not included in this classification.)

The survey is entirely voluntary and will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. We appreciate you taking the time to complete this survey.
 
An incentive to complete the survey is a to win an apple IPAD . The personal information you provide to go into the draw for this prize will not be linked to your survey responses & your personal information will not be shared beyond than PCQ.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions 07 3511 1539

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* 1. Please select the regional or rural Hospital and Health Service (HHS) which includes the town/area where you will be describing your palliative care experiences/knowledge for this survey (please complete a new survey for different HHS's)

Please note that Metro North, Metro South and Gold Coast HHS are not included in this list due to not meeting the eligibility criteria of this project. Children's Health Queensland HHS is not identified separately as we are including paediatric palliative care as part of service delivery in each regional and rural area.
HHS maps can be found at this link

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* 2. What does palliative care mean to you?
(you can select more than one answer)

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* 3. What is your experience with palliative care in regional or rural Queensland? (you can select more than 1 answer)

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* 4. Where are you most likely to go to access information about palliative care ? (click all that apply)

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* 5. When you hear “palliative care service” what would expect this to include?
For example: what type of services would this include? and when do you think you could access these?

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* 6. What palliative care services are currently provided in your town or regional area….

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* 7. Please tick which of the palliative care services listed below that you are currently aware of in your town or regional area….

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* 8. What do you think is missing or what are the key areas of need in relation to palliative care provision in your regional area?
For example: is it palliative care beds, more palliative care trained staff, care  packages, more support regarding financial issues, more support to travel to treatment etc

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* 9. Who would you consider the vulnerable groups in your regional area who may need or not be accessing palliative care and how can they be supported to access palliative care services?

(ie who are struggling to access services/who are 'falling through the gaps'/)

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* 10. We would like you to help us to think out of the square:
What do you see as opportunities for future improvement and innovation for palliative care in your town and region/ how could it be done better?

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* 11. Based on everything you have told us in this survey:
Please tell us what you believe is the top priority to improve palliative care in your town and region?

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