Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022 (the Act) passed on 19 May 2022 by the Parliament of New South Wales will allow eligible people the choice to access voluntary assisted dying (VAD) from 28 November 2023. The legislation has many safeguards to ensure VAD is safe, accessible, and appropriate.
Join this interactive guide to the legislation of Voluntary Assisted Dying NSW where you will:
- Hear from experts who will analyse experience from VAD implementation in other states
- Discuss the legal view of the NSW VAD Legislation and medicolegal aspects of VAD.
Find out what it looks like for NSW GPs:
- from how the system works
- where GPs fit into it
- can anyone in primary care initiate or refer through the pathway
Plus, look at the impact for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), Indigenous people and other cultural appropriateness.
Important! You can request a topic or ask a question to be covered in these GP specific VAD webinars by completing our VAD survey.
Panel:
- Dr Chloe Furst – Geriatrician and Palliative Care Physician (South Australia)
- Dr Sarah Mollard – Health Pathways
- Dr Debra King – GP / RACGP
- Claudine Watson – Kyme Wotton & Kearney Solicitors
- Breannon Bailey – Kyme Wotton & Kearney Solicitors
- Anna Barwick – Clinical Pharmacist
- Chloe Aston – LHD
- Dr Sara Townend – GP
- Dr Linda Swan – CEO, Go Gentle Australia
Learning objectives:
- Discuss the medical professionals’ responsibilities under the act.
- Discuss how to advise a patient on a VAD request.
- Summarise how to access local VAD services.
- Describe the VAD journey in other states so far and how that might impact on VAD in NSW.
- Discuss the ethics of VAD – what if a clinician has a patient interested in VAD but they feel ethically unable to participate in it (like contraception or TOP for some doctors).
Who should attend?
All GP’s particularly those interested in upcoming Voluntary Assisted Dying before legislative changes in November come into place.