Voluntary Assisted Dying accessible to eligible Western Australians from today
Access for all Western Australians regardless of where they live
Additional money allocated for palliative care
Care Navigator Service to ‘walk with’ people seeking access
Legislation includes more than 100 safeguards
Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) has today become accessible to eligible Western Australians.
The historic and long-awaited legislation will give terminally ill people throughout the State the ability to choose the manner and timing of their death.
The landmark legislation, which was passed in December 2019, enables eligible people to request access to assisted dying through a medical practitioner from today.
To date, 37 practitioners throughout WA have been approved to train to administer voluntary assisted dying services and an additional 59 practitioners have so far requested to access the required training. It is expected that the number of approved practitioners will grow