Voluntary assisted dying means an eligible person can ask for medical help to end their life. The NSW legislation has safeguards in place to make sure the person is protected.
Register for our GP specific VAD webinar to:
- gain greater knowledge on what the passing Voluntary Assisted Dying
- Legislation will mean to the people of NSW and how patients can access it.
- hear first-hand from a patient on their personal journey and from the Local
- Health District (LHD) and Primary Health Network (PHN).
- discuss what it means for Palliative Care and Advance Care Directives and support available for families and carers.
Important! You can request a topic or ask a question to be covered in these GP specific VAD webinars by completing our VAD survey.
Facilitator: Dr Andy Williams, Port Macquarie GP and Healthy North Coast Medical Educator.
Panel:
- Dr Stephen Manley – Director Cancer Services and Innovation, NNSW LHD
- Bron McCrae – Healthy North Coast
- Dr Clair Cooper – Healthy North Coast
- Moira Finch – Ramsay Health Care, Port Macquarie Private Hospital
- Dr Rohan Vora – Palliative Medicine Specialist
- Janet Cohen – Advocate
- Nick Parmeter – Australian Broadcast Corporation
Learning objectives:
- Learn what support services are available across the north coast of NSW.
- Understand how to have a sympathetic conversation with a patient around their VAD journey.
- Identify what motivates a patient to request VAD.
- Gain knowledge of the options between VAD and Palliative Care.
- Learn what supports are available to family/carers of people accessing VAD.
Who should attend?
GP’s interested in upcoming Voluntary Assisted Dying before legislative changes in November come into place.