Palliative care at Toowoomba Hospital is provided:
as an inpatient in Toowoomba Hospitalas an outpatient, in person or via telehealth in the Toowoomba based clinicin your home or residential aged care facilityfor rural patients needing palliative care – via telehealth at home, in hospital or residential aged care facility through Queensland’s Specialist palliative Rural Telehealth (SPaRTa)
To access this service a medical referral is needed from your GP or Specialist.
Palliative care offers assistance in managing pain and other distressing symptoms, providing emotional, psychological and spiritual support, assessing function and equipment needs and advance care planning.
