The community needs compassion, not cost cutting, as those caring for patients dying at home now find they have no dedicated number to call in times of need.
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Instead, they have to call an impersonal 1800 number.
A health sector source says the Palliative Care Team was having to do more with “less staff … and they have also increased the region that staff have to cover”.