Southern Adelaide Palliative Care Service (SAPS)
When diagnosed and living with a life limiting or terminal illness, palliative care helps people to live life as fully and comfortably as possible.
If you’re unsure of what services are available to you, Palliative Care Connect provides information and connections to palliative care and bereavement supports.
Southern Adelaide Palliative Service
Southern Adelaide Palliative Service (SAPS) provides specialist palliative care to people living in Southern Adelaide. A range of services are offered to support patients and the important people in their lives.
Referrals can be made by medical practitioners, other health professionals, the patient or their family members/carers. Please call (08) 8404 2058 or visit the pages below for further information.
For clients of SAPS, please visit our patient and general information section for additional information and support.
Partnerships
Important partnerships exist between SAPS and:
Clinical partners
- Metropolitan Referral Unit and their providers
- Silver Chain / RDNS
- Calvary Care
- South Australian Ambulance Service
Other partners
- Palliative Care South Australia
- Palliative Care Australia
- Flinders University
- Palliative Care Outcome Collaboration (PCOC) - University of Wollongong
- Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health – Palliative Care Clinical Network
- Department of Health and Wellbeing
- The Hospital Research Foundation Palliative Care
Contact details
Southern Adelaide Palliative Services
Telephone: (08) 8404 2058 (24 hours a day)
Fax: (08) 8404 2119
Laurel Hospice (inpatient)
Telephone: (08) 8404 2210
Location: Level 7, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Building
Directions: Use Southern Carpark, enter through Southern RAP entrance
Take corridor to lifts. Take lift to level 7.
Map: Flinders Medical Centre Precinct Map (PDF 587KB)