These resources can be used to:
- support health professionals with handling and administering medicine to palliative care patients living at home
- develop detailed policies and procedures tailored to individual clinical services or facilities.
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National Core Community Palliative Care Medicines List
The List identifies four medicines for use by home-based palliative patients in the terminal phase who require urgent symptom relief.
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Example policy and procedures document
For clinical services that support palliative care at home to develop and/or review relevant documentation within their own policies and procedures framework.
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Guidelines for the handling of palliative care medicines in community services
Learn how to store, manage and use medicines for patients having end of life care at home.
Medicine handling legislation
Australian Capital Territory - Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008
New South Wales - Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008
Northern Territory - Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulations 2014
Queensland - Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
South Australia - Controlled Substances (Poisons) Regulations 2011
Tasmania - Poisons Regulations 2018
Victoria - Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2017
Western Australia - Medicines and Poisons Regulations 2016