There Are Organisation Policies and/ or Procedures in Place to Ensure Situational Support for Palliative Care Providers, and to Identify and Respond to Critical Incidents Affecting Staff

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
Singapore
Publishing Organisation
National Guidelines for Palliative Care (NGPC)
Type of Quality Indicator
Structure
IOM Quality Dimension
Descriptive
Domain
Structure and Processes of Care

Defining Attributes

Definition

There are organisation policies and/ or procedures in place to ensure situational support for palliative care providers, and to identify and respond to critical incidents affecting staff.

Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods

Voluntary self-participation among services provided by Class C Providers self-report data from service providers across the palliative care community (including private, restructured and community hospitals, inpatient hospices and hospice home care and hospice day care providers). The assessor based at the participating palliative care service is asked to rate their service's performance using the following descriptions of each rating to determine the appropriate rating: Never – means that this does not occur; Rarely – means that this occurs less than 25% of the time; Sometimes – means that this occurs between 25% to less than 50% of the time; Often – means that this occurs between 50% to less than 75% of the time; Almost Always – means that this occurs between 75% to less than 100% of the time; Always – means that this occurs all the time. Many of the quality measures contain multiple aspects. Thus the assessor should consider the team's performance against all aspects of measure. Ratings of "always" should only be applied when all aspects have been achieved. Where aspects are assessed differently, the overall element rating should reflect the lowest rated aspect.

Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Singapore Hospice National Guidelines for Palliative Care Self-Assessment Workbook (July 2021 version): singaporehospice.org.sg/e-library/docs/national-guidelines-for-palliative-care-self-assessment-workbook-4th-edition-jul-2021/. Date cited 27/10/2023.

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025