Fly-in doctors to visit VAD patients as telehealth ban drags on

The Queensland Government says flying doctors to patients is a stopgap measure until laws banning telehealth VAD consults are changed
Queensland Minister for Health Yvette D’Ath.

Authorised voluntary assisted dying doctors will fly to regional and rural towns across Queensland to assist patients wanting to access the scheme, the state government has announced.

The scheme has been introduced amid ongoing frustration over the Federal Government’s failure to amend laws to allow doctors to counsel dying patients via telehealth.