For more information about the project, please contact Professor Ben White:
Consumer brochures
Information about voluntary assisted dying in your state
Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) care navigators (or equivalent roles) exist in all states to provide support and advice for people accessing or seeking to access VAD, their families and carers, and health professionals.
Below are contact details for each state’s VAD care navigator service as well as links to the relevant health department website:
New South Wales
Visit the New South Wales Department of Health VAD website.
VAD Care Navigator Service opening hours: 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday
Phone: 1300 802 133
Email: NSLHD-VADCareNavigator@health.nsw.gov.au
Queensland
Visit the Queensland Department of Health VAD website.
QVAD-Support opening hours: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
Phone: 1800 431 371
Email: qvadsupport@health.qld.gov.au
South Australia
Visit the South Australian Department of Health VAD website.
VAD Care Navigator Service opening hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm, Monday to Friday
Phone: 0403 087 390
Email: Health.VADCareNavigators@sa.gov.au
Tasmania
Visit the Tasmanian Department of Health VAD website.
VAD Navigator Service opening hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm, Monday to Friday
Phone: 1800 568 956
Email: vad@health.tas.gov.au
Victoria
Visit the Victorian Department of Health VAD website.
VAD Care Navigator Service opening hours: business hours, Monday to Friday
Phone: (03) 8559 5823
Mobile: 0436 848 344
Email: vadcarenavigator@petermac.org
Western Australia
Visit the Western Australian Department of Health VAD website.
VAD Statewide Care Navigator Service opening hours: 8:30am – 5:00pm, Monday to Friday
Phone: (08) 9431 2755
Email: VADcarenavigator@health.wa.gov.au