About The Palliative Care Council

The Palliative Care Council is an independent body representing the palliative care sector that provides strategic advice to the Minister of Health and aims to help improve access to, and standards of palliative and end-of-life care.

The Palliative Care Council wants to improve understanding and awareness of the need for palliative and end-of-life care, and to improve information about the services provided and how they are accessed.

The Palliative Care Council is currently part of, and supported by, the Cancer Control Council and includes representatives from the New Zealand Branch of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine, Hospice New Zealand, Hospital Palliative Care New Zealand and Palliative Care Nurses New Zealand, and members nominated by the Royal NZ College of GPs/NZ Rural GP network, Nursing Council of NZ, Māori and consumers.

The Palliative Care Council was established in 2008.

NB: The Palliative Care Council provides advice directly to the Minister of Health.  This makes it different to the Palliative Care Advisory Group, which provides expert advice to the Ministry of Health Palliative Care Team about the Ministry’s work

Download the Introducing the Palliative Care Council of New Zealand leaflet for more information.