The medical project and the nursing, re-education and medico-technical care project define, each in the fields it covers, the strategic objectives for the development of the organisation of care pathways, medical operations and medico-technical resources to meet the health needs of the population. The medical project and the nursing, re-education and medico-technical care project take into account changes in care strategies, particularly therapeutic strategies.
They also define the objectives for improving the quality and safety of care and patient pathways.
In university hospital centres, they include the link with the strategic objectives for health research and training, in conjunction with the directors of the medical, pharmaceutical and odontological training and research units.
In accordance with the shared medical project referred to in 1° of II of article L. 6132-2 and the shared nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care project, they define the links between care pathways and networks with other healthcare establishments, private healthcare professionals, in particular those practising within the coordinated practice arrangements referred to in articles L. 1411-11-1 or L. 1434-12, and social and medico-social establishments.
The medical project includes a section on “palliative activity of the internal divisions or structures”. The medical project and the nursing, re-education and medico-technical care project include the establishment’s internal departments or structures within which palliative care is provided. It specifies the measures to be taken in application of the provisions of the multi-annual contract mentioned in articles L. 6114-1 and L. 6114-2.