The $227,000 refurbishments would help bring comfort to people at the end of life, along with their families and carers, member for Bathurst Paul Toole said.

"We're caring for some of our most vulnerable patients and we want to make sure they are in an environment that's comfortable and home like," Mr Toole said.

"I am pleased that Lithgow Hospital will be getting its own dedicated palliative care area.

"The refurbishment will convert under-used space into a palliative care room for patients and their families and also provide access to outdoor spaces."

Lithgow's upgrade is among 34 palliative care services being refurbished across NSW over the next two years.

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Every year, the NSW Government spends more than $220 million on palliative care services across the state. In addition to this funding, in 2020-21 a further $16 million of enhancement funding was spent to improve services, including a boost of $7.17 million for 35 allied health workers and 20 palliative care nurses across NSW.

The latest round of funding follows the success of $4.5 million allocated for refurbishments in 2019-20 and 2020-21. Both funding rounds were a part of a $45 million enhancement for palliative care announced in the 2019-20 NSW Budget.

This enhancement and a further $56 million announced in late 2020 support an additional 5,000 End of Life home support packages available across NSW from 1 July 2021, the recruitment of 100 new palliative care nurse, more Aboriginal Health Workers, digital health to improve access to palliative care, enhanced bereavement services and education to ensure a strong, competent workforce.

This is in addition to the $100 million palliative care package announced in the 2017-18 Budget.

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