Email from End of Life Choice Act implementation programme team, Ministry of Health 23 July 2021 The Ministry of Health is hosting a series of webinars for health professionals as part of its work to implement the End of Life Choice Act 2019. These webinars are for health professionals only. They may be of particular interest to health practitioners, including medical and nurse practitioners, who may choose to be involved in providing assisted dying services in New Zealand. Register for our webinar on Tuesday 3 August about whānau-centred end of life care Click here to register now for our August webinar on whānau-centred end of life care. The third webinar in our implementation series will explore what end of life care looks like when it is centred around whānau, and how this approach can be applied within assisted dying services. Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell and Riana Manuel will be joining Dr Kristin Good, Chief Clinical Advisor at the Ministry of Health and an experienced GP, to discuss this topic. •
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Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell (Ngāi Tai ki Tamaki Makaurau, Ngāti Porou) is a Research Fellow and founding member of the Te Ārai Palliative Care and End of Life Research Group at the School of Nursing, University of Auckland. Riana Manuel (Ngati Pukenga, Ngati Maru, Ngati Kahungunu) is the Manukura Hauora (CEO) of Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki and Hauraki Primary Health Organisation. In 2014, Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki piloted a community palliative care service to support Māori clients and their whānau through life limiting conditions.
Access recordings of the previous implementation webinars We are making recordings of our previous webinars available through LearnOnline. Click here to access the recording of our June webinar about international experience of assisted dying. The July webinar about patient perspectives on assisted dying will be available soon. You can also access other workforce guidance and training resources through LearnOnline including an e-learning module about the Act. You will need to have a log-in for LearnOnline to access these resources – you can make an account through the above link. Participate in the second workforce survey You are invited to participate in the second End of Life Choice Act 2019 implementation workforce survey. We are continuing to seek feedback from the health workforce as part of the implementation of an assisted dying service. This survey aims to give us an indication of health workforce knowledge, understanding and attitudes towards the Act, and the available workforce training.