Assisted dying bill prompts calls for new focus on palliative care

Advocates and medical practitioners have stressed the need for better support for palliative care across NSW, as the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill re-enters State Parliament on Friday.

More than $82 million over four years was announced in the latest state budget for end-of-life care. Last month, a review panel’s recommendation to reopen Westmead Hospital’s palliative care unit after more than a decade was accepted, but no timeframe or funding has been announced. “When the language is ‘you’re going to die a horrible death without [VAD]’ – that language is unfair”.

Professor Clarke said there was a need to plug gaps with “patchy availability of services and doctors” through more consultative services and care in or near home settings.

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marywardy lucy_carroll My dad was given 3 months to live but he got 6 1/2 years until they refused to keep treating him and then he died quickly. The right to treatment would be good, not just the right to die.

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