Key priority area

Improve equity of access to specialist supportive care for pancreatic cancer, including psychosocial support services and networks

Strategies and activities

Each key priority area has supporting strategies and associated activities for implementation in the short, medium or long term that have been identified to achieve the priority. Click on the strategies below to explore these in more detail.

Strategy

Establish standardised supportive care pathway for equitable access to specialist supportive care

Activities

Short term

  • Identify current status and gaps in access to psychosocial support services

  • Design or adapt and test standardised supportive care pathway, incorporating rapid access models to psychosocial support

Medium term

  • Strengthen linkages between primary health professionals and specialist multidisciplinary teams in alignment with the Primary Health Care 10 Year Plan

  • Implement standardised supportive care pathway