No. | MACRO Recommendations | Mean | SD | Overall Ranking |
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6 | National palliative care regulations and policies should be extended to apply to all patients with palliative care needs, not just those with cancer. | 8.59 | 0.94 | 1 |
3 | Palliative care regulations and policies should be extended to apply to non-cancer patients as well (for example COPD, heart failure and dementia). | 8.52 | 1.11 | 3 |
13 | Palliative care should be integrated into mandatory education for undergraduate medical, health and social care professionals. | 8.42 | 1.21 | 5 |
14 | Continuing professional development for all health and social care professionals should include coverage of integrated palliative care. | 8.26 | 1.07 | 9 |
5 | For integration to work, new and creative ways of securing resources and specific funding should be established which can support the palliative care infrastructure. | 7.95 | 1.28 | 18 |
10 | There needs to be national level strategic lobbying to develop and fund better integrated palliative care. | 7.95 | 1.39 | 19 |
16 | Disease/condition specific national policies should integrate palliative care. | 7.95 | 1.30 | 20 |
17 | There is a need for strong leadership to advocate for integrated palliative care. | 7.94 | 1.51 | 21 |
18 | There is a need to invest in the development of future integrated palliative care leadership skills. | 7.88 | 1.44 | 23 |
15 | Social care should be part of integrated palliative care. | 7.51 | 1.22 | 26 |