Access to quality care
NSW residents will have access to the highest quality care and pain management services at the end of their life, with palliative care and specialist health services to receive a record $743 million funding boost over the next five years.
The 2022-23 funding boost is on top of the $300 million the NSW Government invests each year in palliative care. We’re committed to ensuring NSW has the best palliative care services and support in Australia, if not the world.
This is about providing the greatest possible comfort and dignity to people who are at the end of their life, whether that’s in hospital, at home or in the wider community, right across the state.
The funding boost will allow us to employ an extra 600 nurses, allied health professionals, doctors and support staff to care for people at their most vulnerable time, which will be of great comfort to patients and families alike.
We will be providing more palliative care beds for people requiring short-term hospital stays right across the state.
Dominic Perrottet
NSW Premier
