Today the senior hierarchy of QLD Health visited Little Haven for the first time in living memory. Nick Steele – Dept Director General Health, David Harmer – Senior Director Strategic Policy and Planning and Anthony West – A/Senior Director Community Services Funding Branch, Healthcare Purchasing. They spent 3 hours meeting with the LHPC team and touring our facilities including our 2 Palliative Care rooms in the Gympie General Hospital.
They came bearing good news. Palliative Care Policy Review is now Queensland Health’s number 1 priority! We have come a long way since Sue Manton met with the Community Funding Unit at their head office in Brisbane on the 16/12/2016, when she was informed that Palliative Care was not on Queensland Health’s radar. They also confirmed the requested $100K funding has been approved to assist with Iso 9001 and NQSHS accreditation process and implementation of Patient Management Database system PalCare along with a promised review of the Little Haven contract and funding arrangement to be delivered by September 2018.
