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Queensland Voluntary Assisted Dying Support Service (QVAD-Support)

The Queensland Voluntary Assisted Dying Support Service (QVAD-Support) will:

  • provide advice and support to Queenslanders about voluntary assisted dying
  • be staffed by care coordinators.

Care coordinators will be medical, nursing, and allied health professionals.

The service provides support to anyone involved with voluntary assisted dying in Queensland, including:

  • people who want to access voluntary assisted dying
  • carers and family members of people wanting to access voluntary assisted dying
  • healthcare workers
  • healthcare providers.

QVAD-Support care coordinators will connect individuals with appropriate practitioners, services and referral pathways and provide follow up care and support.

Contact details

Opening hours: 8:30am-4pm, Monday to Friday
Phone: 1800 431 371
Email: qvadsupport@health.qld.gov.au

For the purposes of section 156(1) of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021, the Director-General of Queensland Health (as chief executive) approved the Queensland Voluntary Assisted Dying Support Service (QVAD-Support) operated by Metro South Health to be the official voluntary assisted dying care navigator service.

Last updated: 9 December 2022