The Palliative Care Unit provides ongoing care for patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment. Foremost is pain and symptom control and concern for psychological, social and spiritual needs. Care is provided by a multidisciplinary team. A Bereavement Support Service is available to support relatives of those people who have died at the hospital.
Ongoing liaison is maintained with referring doctors during the hospital stay.
If a patient's medical condition stabilises, the staff assist patient and family in planning long term care, though this may not be necessarily in the Unit itself.