Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed)

5:15 pm

Ms Anne Tan:

-----the ICHN recommends that there should be increased resources for paediatric palliative nursing care in the community; that opportunities for education and training in palliative care be urgently provided for all levels of staff; that there be increased access to home support, packages of care, 24-7 nursing care and specialist palliative care on call support; that access to aids and appliances should be immediately available for palliative care patients; and that health care providers promote "Think ahead – Speak for yourself".