Lead Beneficiary: OUS (Norway)
Stein Kaasa
Co-Lead: INT (Italy)
Augusto Caraceni
Participants:
High contribution: OUS, INT, REGIONH, UKA, UMCG, PEHR, LSMUL KK, ICO, OIL, SoS, UPPSALA, IPO Lisboa, NCI, CUB,
Low contribution: FICAN, SAM, MSCI BOCOC, NKIP, REUH,IKNL, SAS, OOI, MMCI, UNICANCER, HSE, IRCCS AOUBO, REUH, CSGV, VHIO,VUB, AOH, NKUA, IPOLF, UL MF
Objectives
This NoE aims to make palliative care (PC) available to all European cancer patients, according to their needs regardless of where in the disease trajectory the patients are. This means that early provision of PC is not the only indicator of nor the single equivalent to improved PC access. Successful integration of PC will improve the quality of life (QoL) of millions of people by integrating into routine cancer care at any stage of disease and treatment scenario but with a particular focus on end-of-life care.
The two overall aims of WP6 are:
- Τo make PC available to European cancer patients regardless of age and according to individual needs at all health care levels,
- Τo develop and implement PC according to the developed standards including pan-European educational standards for key PC professionals.
To reduce heterogeneity and ensure access to PC at all care levels, a fundamental organisational change is critical and prioritised highly by the WP6 management. A close collaboration across all WPs will be set to induce organisational changes in all countries. Strategies to involve health care providers (HCP) and policymakers will be part of the implementation plan. Further, we will establish an international panel of leading experts will be established in PC including members from Canada, Australia, Asia and the USA.
Tasks
T6.1 Content, understanding and organization of PC (Task leaders: REGIONH, UKA)
T6.2 Digitalized palliative care pathways (Task leaders: OUS, UMCG)
T6.3 Education and competence (Task leaders: PEHR, LSMUL KK)
T6.4 Indicators for monitoring the implementation (Task leaders: DGS, ICO)
