2023 National Strategy for Palliative Care Report
With an ageing population and increasingly diverse healthcare needs, the demand for palliative care services is projected to rise.
The National Strategy for Palliative Care (NSPC) Review Workgroup was convened in 2022 to evaluate gaps in the existing provision of palliative care over the past decade, chart out a vision for the sector, and formulate recommendations and guidance for implementing plans to achieve this vision.
This report summarises the Workgroup’s findings, and proposes a new NSPC 2023 framework, which sets the future direction for the palliative care development in Singapore. The framework focuses on three focus areas of Access, Quality and Palliative Care Environment, with eleven recommendations, implementation plans and indicators to track progress. The Workgroup has also set out aspirational targets for the sector to achieve in the next 5 years, that will ensure better access, quality and palliative care environment for all.