Understanding the role and deployment of volunteers within specialist palliative care services and organisations as they have adjusted to the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-national EAPC volunteer taskforce survey.
Catherine WalsheLeszek PawłowskiSophie ShedelSteven VanderstichelenMelissa Jane BloomerAnne GoosensenJoaquim T LimoneroKaren Sangild StoelenChiara CaraffaLeena PelttariRos ScottPublished in: Palliative medicine (2022)
The sustained reduction in volunteer deployment has impacted the provision of specialist palliative care. Urgent consideration must be given to the future of volunteering including virtual modes of delivery, micro-volunteering, and appealing to a younger demographic.