About Us

The Gippsland Region Palliative Care Consortium (GRPCC) is an alliance of 14 member agencies that provide inpatient and/or community palliative care for the residents of Gippsland. The GRPCC is one of eight regional consortia established as part of the Victorian Government’s palliative care policy released in 2004. The Consortium’s role is to help deliver and facilitate the Victorian Government’s current policy, ‘end of life care and palliative care framework 2016’, across the Gippsland region.

The GRPCC’s vision is that Gippslanders with a life-threatening illness and their families and carers will have access to a high-quality service system which is innovative and provides evidence-based, coordinated care and support that is responsive to their individual needs.

The GRPCC provides leadership to its member agencies by:

• undertaking regional planning;

• coordinating palliative care service provision;

• advising the Department of Health about regional priorities for future service development and funding; and

• managing the service delivery framework and undertaking communication, capacity building and clinical service improvement initiatives in conjunction with the Palliative Care Clinical Network.

Member Agencies

There are ten designated palliative care services in Gippsland that are members of the GRPCC. These designated services have voting rights in GRPCC decision-making. There are four services that are GRPCC members in a non-voting capacity.Voting GRPCC member agencies include:

• Bairnsdale Regional Health Service (BRHS)

• Bass Coast Community Health Service (BCCHS)

• Bass Coast Regional Health Service (BCRH)

• Central Gippsland Health Service (CGHS)

• Gippsland Southern Health Service (GSHS)

• Gippsland Lakes Community Health Service (GLCH)

• Latrobe Community Health Service (LCHS)

• Latrobe Regional Hospital (LRH)

• West Gippsland Healthcare Group (WGHG)

• Yarram and District Health Service (YDHS)

Non-voting GRPCC member agencies include:

• Gippsland Primary Health Network

• KooWeeRup Regional Health Service (KRHS)

• Omeo District Health (ODH)

• Orbost Regional Health Service (ORH)

• Maryvale Private Hospital

• Neerim District Health Service

Clinical Practice Group (CPG)

The GRPCC Clinical Practice Group (CPG) is a working group established to enhance the provision of quality palliative care through the development of common clinical policies and procedures for adoption by member services. The CPG comprises representatives from local palliative care services, GPs, palliative care medical, nursing and allied health specialist support.

To view the CPG endorsed guidelines and tools visit our Clinical Practice Guidelines page.

Consortium Management Group (CMG)

The GRPCC Consortium Management Group comprises representatives from each of the member agencies. The role of the CMG is to drive the implementation of the Victorian Government’s policy ‘end of life care and palliative care framework 2016’ in the region. The CMG meets bi-monthly and is responsible for monitoring and reviewing the implementation of the policy at a regional level. The Consortium Manager is part of the CMG in a non-voting capacity.

Gippsland Region Palliative Care Consortium ‘Community of Practice’ (COP)

The role of the COP is to:

• provide a forum for coordination of service standards and quality initiatives across the region

• facilitate integration of service initiatives across the region, through sharing knowledge and skill resources amongst consortium members

• provide a forum for learning about best practice initiatives in palliative care and provide a forum where the range of stakeholders can raise service delivery issues both within the group and to the Gippsland Region Palliative Care Consortium and formulate solutions

Membership includes: Nurse Unit Managers (NUM) from the community and inpatient palliative care services, Palliative Care Nurse Practitioners in Gippsland, Representation from the Gippsland Region Palliative Care Consultancy Service (GRPCCS), Representation from the GRPCC, Bush nurses, allied health professionals, the Gippsland VAD Coordinator and nurses from residential aged care facilities.

Please contact the GRPCC on 03 56230684 or grpcc.enquiries@wghg.com.au if you would like to be a member of the COP.

GRPCC Annual Reports

The Annual Report is provided to the Victorian Department of Health, health services and other key stakeholders and details the work the GRPCC has undertaken during the financial year towards delivering the government’s, end of life care and palliative care framework. The report includes key achievements and testimonials from organisations and individuals who have worked with the GRPCC during the year.

• GRPCC Annual Report 2022-23

• GRPCC Annual Report 2021-22

• GRPCC Annual Report 2020-21

• GRPCC Annual Report 2019-20

• GRPCC Annual Report 2018-19

• GRPCC Annual Report 2017-18

For reports prior to 2016 please contact GRPCC

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Where to find us

Cottage 4, West Gippsland Hospital
41 Landsborough St, Warragul 3820.