Palliative care consortia support palliative care providers to:

• raise awareness of palliative care amongst health care providers, ancillary services, community groups and organisations including residential facilities
• foster collaboration amongst service providers to maximize designated palliative care resources, reduce duplication of effort and promote consistency of practice
• promote end of life and palliative care education and training
• inform improvements to practice through their Clinical Advisory Group and broader clinical engagement activities, including liaison with Safer Care Victoria’s Palliative Care Clinical Network
• advise the department about regional priorities for future service development and funding.