Our most vulnerable people requiring palliative care have a new group determined to give them the best care available.

Palliative Care Collaborative Aotearoa has formed because they say the Government hasn't been listening as it cries out for help.

They have six key focus areas to try and lift our end of life care ranking; we used to sit 3rd in 2009 but have dropped to 12th as of last year.

NZ chair of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine and PCCA spokesperson Catherine D’Souza joined Mike Hosking.

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