Resources for pharmacists
Palliative care supports for pharmacists in the North Brisbane and Moreton Bay region
Resources and support
Advice and support
- PallConsult: a Queensland Health 24/7 palliative care advice hotline | 1300 PALLDR (1300 725 537) for pharmacists.
- Children’s Health Queensland Pharmacy: 07 3068 1900 | voicemail service 07 3068 1993.
- Older Persons Emergency Network (OPEN): Metro North ED substitution service for older people. Available for consultation 8.00 am-8.00 pm, 7 days, 1300 072 327.
- PalAssist: able to direct and support pharmacist to find local resources and information 7.00 am-7.00 pm, 7 days a week.
- Brisbane North PHN Palliative Care Project Team: can help local pharmacies connect with services and supports if unsure where to go (for non-time critical enquiries).
- Pharmacist Support Service: non palliative specific support service for pharmacists by pharmacists 8.00 am to 11.00 pm, 7 days, 1300 244 190.
Medication management
- Community-based Palliative Care Anticipatory Medicines: Guidance for Queensland: guide for management of medicines in the last phase of life.
- palliMEDs: a medication app for primary care prescribers.
- National Core Community Palliative Care Medicines List: a list of the core palliative medicines for home-based patients in Australia.
- Core Palliative Care Medicines for Queensland Community Patients: palliPHARM factsheet: a list of the core palliative medicines list for Queensland community patients.
- List of Palliative Friendly Pharmacies: pharmacies in the Brisbane North and Moreton Bay region who have pledged to stock the National Core Palliative Medicines: listed on the National Palliative Care Services Directory.
- Caring@home project: project providing nationally consistent, practical and evidence-based clinical resources and education on symptom management.
- Credentialed pharmacist directory: locate a credentialed pharmacists to conduct Home Medicines Reviews
Access to patient information
- Health Provider Portal: external access by AHPRA registered professionals to Queensland Health patient information system (aka the Viewer).
- My Health Record: national digital e-health record.
Practice guidelines
- Community-based Palliative Care Anticipatory Medicines: Guidance for Queensland
- HealthPathways: region specific portal with evidence-based information on the assessment and management of common clinical conditions.
- Therapeutic Guidelines: Palliative Care
- National Palliative Care Standards for All Health Professionals and Aged Care Services
- Sad News Sorry Business: Guidelines for caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through death and dying
- A Practical Guide to Palliative Care in Paediatrics (the green book)
- Guidelines for the handling of palliative care medicines in community services
- Queensland Health Advance Care Planning Clinical Guidelines
Reliable information sources
- CareSearch: the Australian Government supported central repository for palliative care information.
- Paediatric Palliative Care: an Australian Government supported website for paediatric palliative care information.
Information for patients
- Palliative care supports for Adults in the Brisbane North PHN region: a PHN handout for patients and their loved one.
- PalAssist: free support service for people with life limiting conditions and their loved ones (resources, support, counselling)
- CareSearch: the Australian Government supported central repository for palliative care information.
- Resources for people with life limiting conditions, their loved ones, and the wider community (Brisbane North PHN)
- How your local Pharmacist and Pharmacy can support you (CarerHelp)
Palliative Friendly Pharmacies
- List of Palliative Friendly Pharmacies: pharmacies in the Brisbane North and Moreton Bay region who have pledged to stock the National Core PalliativeMedicines: listed on the National Palliative Care Services Directory.
- Become a Palliative Friendly Pharmacy
- Commitment Statement (online or download)
- Checklist
Apps
- Caring@Home: to assist health professionals supporting families, carers and patients with quick and easy access to resources to help manage end-of-life symptoms for a person who chooses to be cared for at home.
- Caring@Home- Indigenous: to assist health professionals supporting First Nation families, carers and patients with quick and easy access to resources to help manage end-of-life symptoms for a person who chooses to be cared for at home.
- palliMEDs: a medication app for primary care prescribers.
Education
Pharmacist specific
- Essential CPE: Palliative Care: Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (Free)
- Palliative Care in Pharmacist Foundation Training program (coming 2025)
- Palliative Care in Community Pharmacy Education Day videos and resources
- Supporting people with their grief and bereavement: Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (Free)
General and multidisciplinary education
- Palliative Care ECHO: series of interactive case based virtual mentoring sessions that address a range of palliative care topics.
- Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) and Indigenous Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (IPEPA): placements and education.
- PCC4U Health Professional CPD
- ELDAC (End of Life Directions for Aged Care)
- Advance Care Planning information for health professionals from State-wide office of Advance Care Planning.
- End of Life Law for Clinicians
- Gwandalan: project to provide education and resources to help professionals support palliative care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Where to find upcoming education and events
- Brisbane North PHN Events Calendar
- Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education: statewide service based at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Special Interest Groups
- Brisbane North Community Palliative Care Collaborative: a cross-sector group of interested stakeholders meeting every 6 weeks to improve palliative care in the North Brisbane and Moreton Bay region.
- Statewide Palliative Care Clinical Network
- Palliative Care ECHO: series of interactive, case-based, multidisciplinary, virtual mentoring sessions that address a range of palliative care topics.
Specialist palliative care services
- Specialist Palliative Care Services for Adults in Brisbane North PHN region: summary document showing services, referral criteria, referral process and contact information.
Palliative care for specific populations
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Aged Care
- People with disability
- Children and young people
- People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- People who identify as LGBTQIA+
Help develop this resource
Brisbane North PHN want to hear from pharmacists in the North Brisbane and Moreton Bay region. Please share your feedback at community.care@brisbanenorthphn.org.au.
