Each day around 400 people die of a terminal illness, yet more than three in five (62%) do not receive specialist palliative care at any stage. Current data presents a confronting picture of access to palliative care, and on our current path this will only get worse. Without action, our future is one of diminishing care for people and families living and dying with terminal illness.

The reforms to health, aged care, and disability services over the last three years are just the start – we go backwards unless the next parliament deepens and matures the progress made by investing in better access to palliative care.

Our 2025 Federal Election Platform is the result of consultation with PCA’s 12 member organisations and the result of many conversations over the last 3 years with other health and care organisations, those working and volunteering in palliative care, and those living and dying in palliative care.

There are four focus areas in the platform:

1. Better access to palliative care in primary care
2. Better access to critical palliative care medicines
3. Better access to palliative care in aged care
4. Better access to palliative care for people under 65

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PCA 2025 Federal Election Platform

If you support ‘better access to palliative care’ we urge you to sign our petition, share your story, support our plan, check our campaign web page HERE.