❓ Hon Nick Goiran asks about the percentage of patients citing physical pain as a reason for accessing voluntary assisted dying during the first assessment, referencing the Voluntary Assisted Dying Board's annual report. The answer reveals that 39.9% nominated inadequate pain control as a reason.
AnsweredQoN 1156Legislative Council
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I refer to page 20 of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Board Western Australia Annual Report 2021-22 that states
that ‘[i]n 2021-22, the most common reasons [for accessing voluntary assisted
dying] given by patients assessed as eligible during the first assessment were
being less able to engage in activities making life enjoyable, or concern about
it (71.1%); losing autonomy, or concern about it (66.3%) and loss of dignity,
or concern about it (57.2%); I ask, how many patients, as a percentage, nominated physical
pain symptoms as a reason for accessing voluntary assisted dying during the
First Assessment?
that ‘[i]n 2021-22, the most common reasons [for accessing voluntary assisted
dying] given by patients assessed as eligible during the first assessment were
being less able to engage in activities making life enjoyable, or concern about
it (71.1%); losing autonomy, or concern about it (66.3%) and loss of dignity,
or concern about it (57.2%); I ask, how many patients, as a percentage, nominated physical
pain symptoms as a reason for accessing voluntary assisted dying during the
First Assessment?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
14 February 2023
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Health
Response time
1 days
39.9% of patients assessed as eligible during the First Assessment nominated ‘inadequate pain control, or concern about it’ as the reason for requesting voluntary assisted dying.
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