On Monday 8th November CHA held a panel for NSW Parliamentarians to discuss the impact of voluntary assisted dying legislation on our health and aged care members. The panel consisted of Dr Richard Chye, who has worked as a palliative care physician for more than 28 years. Richard is the Director of Sacred Heart Supportive and Palliative Care at St Vincent’s Hospital Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of NSW, Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Technology Sydney. Julia Abrahams. Julia is Chief Counsel at Catholic Healthcare. Julia is an experienced legal professional and named one of the top 12 in-house Legal Counsel in Health and Aged Care Law in Australia in 2017 in the Doyle’s List and is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Sydney School of Law, University of Notre Dame Australia. Julia is also a frequent presenter and chair at conferences relating to health, aged and community services law. And Associate Professor Natasha Michael who is Director of Pall Med at Cabrini Health,  Head of Palliative Medicine at the Uni of Notre Dame, and Adjunct Clinical  Associate Prof at Monash University. She has been involved in the care of a significant number of patients who have sought access to VAD in Victoria and will speak to the experience in Victoria following the passing of VAD legislation.

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