Welcome to the draft website for rural clinicians to quickly access information about Queensland's Specialist Palliative Rural Telehealth (Sparta) service. To ensure rural clinicians have quick and easy access to information, this temporary and draft website has been set up until a formal one is created
GPs, community nurses and other rural clinicians
If you are a GP, community nurse or other clinician, you will find referral information, forms, contact details and other relevant links here.
Residents living in the Darling Downs and South West Queensland have access to specialist palliative care telehealth consultations via the
Gold Coast Clinical Hub.
Residents living in Central West, Central Queensland and the Wide Bay area have access to specialist palliative care telehealth consultations via the
Sunshine Coast Clinical Hub.
Residents of North West Queensland, the Townsville region and the Mackay region have access to specialist palliative care telehealth consultations via the
Townsville Clinical Hub.
Residents of the Torres and Cape and of the Cairns and Hinterland regionshave access to specialist palliative care telehealth consultations via the
Cairns Clinical Hub.
Additionally, prescribers, nurses and allied health professionals needing advice can phone the state-wide on-call telephone and education service – PallConsult.
PallConsult services are:
- 1300 PALLDR (1300 725537) - 24/7 direct telephone access for Queensland GPs and NPs to a palliative care medical specialist
- 1300 PALLCR (1300 725527) – 24/7 direct telephone access for community and RACF nurses and allied health professionals to a specialist palliative care nurse
- Resources, education and mentoring opportunities
- Backup palliative care advice for Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) and the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS)
Patients and family members
This website is intended for easy information sharing between the specialist palliative care hub services and rural and remote doctors and clinicians.
If you are a person with a terminal illness (or family member or carer of a person with a terminal illness) and wish to contact this palliative care service, speak to your GP who will be able to contact us if appropriate on your behalf.
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