Patient Outcomes in Palliative Care - Australian National report, July to December 2024

The Australian palliative care sector is a world leader in using routine clinical assessment information to guide patient-centred care and measure patient and family outcomes. Providers of palliative care are commended for their commitment to excel- lence in delivering evidence-based, patient-centred care by using the routine Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) assessment framework and contributing patient data toward national outcome measurement and benchmarking. PCOC ac- knowledges the dedication and willingness of clinicians to improve the care of patients, their families and caregivers. The information collected is not just data - it represents the real-life outcomes of over 60,000 Australian patients each year.While the focus of this report is on the most recent information relating to July to December 2024, results over the last three years are also presented to highlight achievements and improvement in outcomes. The most recent information corresponds to 39,995 patients, having 50,458 episodes of care and 107,230 palliative care phases from 228 services who provide pallia- tive care in hospital or in the persons home.