Application to accreditation

The ACI has aligned the 10 Essential Components of the Blueprint against various palliative care standards and guidelines. This will support health services meet their accreditation requirements.

Alignment tables – comparing each essential component to EoLPC standards and guidelines

Essential component 1: Informing community expectations (PDF 246.5 KB)
Essential component 2: EOL discussions and planning (PDF 335.6 KB)
Essential component 3: Access to care (PDF 312.6 KB)
Essential component 4: Early recognition (PDF 242.1 KB)
Essential component 5: Need based care (PDF 246.5 KB)
Essential component 6: Seamless transitions (PDF 312.1 KB)
Essential component 7: Access to specialist palliative care (PDF 312.1 KB)
Essential component 8: Care during the last days of life (PDF 291.6 KB)
Essential component 9: Bereavement support (PDF 261.0 KB)
Essential component 10: Quality data (PDF 234.6 KB)

Mapping matrices – comparing the 10 essential components to specific standards and guidelines

1. National Palliative Care Standards (PDF 140.1 KB)
2. National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (PDF 140.2 KB)
3. National Consensus Statement (PDF 139.9 KB)
4. Standards for General Practice (PDF 149.6 KB)
5. Aged Care Quality Standards (PDF 136.5 KB)
6. NSW Health Framework Priorities (PDF 134.3 KB)
7. NSW Health Clinical Principles for End-of-life and Palliative Care (PDF 139.2 KB)

Links to EoLPC standards and guidelines

Palliative Care Australia. National Palliative Care Standards, 5th Ed. 2018.
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, 2nd Ed. 2017, updated May 2021.
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. National Consensus Statement: Essential Elements for Safe and High-Quality end-of-life care [Adult]. 2015.
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. National Consensus Statement: Essential Elements for Safe and High-Quality paediatric end-of-life care. 2016.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Standards for General Practices, 5th Ed. 2020.
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. Guidance and Resources for providers to support the Aged Care Quality Standards. 2021.
NSW Ministry of Health. NSW Health End of Life and Palliative Care Framework 2019-2024. 2019.
NSW Ministry of Health. Clinical Principles for End of Life and Palliative Care. 2021.

Methods

Blueprint application and accreditation support: Methods (PDF 264.6 KB)