The Statewide Office of Advance Care Planning is a free Queensland Health service that helps to promote the important processes of advance care planning. Queensland is the first State/Territory in Australia to have a statewide, standardised clinical approach to receive, review and upload advance care planning documents.
The Statewide Office of Advance Care Planning:
provides information and resources about advance care planning to the public and health professionals
adds advance care planning documents to the Queensland Health electronic hospital record (The Viewer)
shares healthcare wishes with doctors involved in a person’s care
connects people to advance care planning services in their local area.