New ACP resource for GPs

[from Advance Care Planning Australia]

With National Palliative Care Week approaching (10–16 May 2026), Australians will again be invited to ask big questions about future care — and to find real, human answers. This year’s theme highlights the importance of open conversations in supporting comfort, quality of life and care that truly reflects what matters to people.

To support these conversations, Advance Care Planning Australia has released a new Supporting advance care planning in general practice factsheet for general practitioners, practice nurses and primary care teams.

The factsheet provides clear, practical guidance on how advance care planning can be incorporated into routine processes and clinical care, supported by existing MBS items, including:

• health assessments
• GP chronic condition management plan preparation and review
• Time‑tiered general attendances.

👉 Read our blog and download the Supporting advance care planning in general practice factsheet