Election 2017- Party Policies - Health - Palliative Care
27th May 17, 9:39am
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Palliative Care
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- Increase funding to enable everyone to access to high quality palliative care regardless of their location.
- Encourage advanced care and end-of-life planning, and support public education to raise awareness of end-of-life issues.
- Support a law change that allows an adult diagnosed with a terminal illness to access medical-assistance in dying.
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- Increase in kaupapa Māori services, including hospice facilities, homecare services and programmes to support terminally ill patients and their whānau.
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- Fully fund palliative care services.
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- Ensure that hospices are properly funded so that high quality compassionate palliative care is available.
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