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WA Advance Health Directive update and the role of GPs in advance care planning

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Type: On-demand
Recorded: 13 Oct 2022

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WA Advance Health Directive update and the role of GPs in advance care planning

On-demand recorded 13 Oct 2022

The WA Department of Health has released a new and improved Advance Health Directive (AHD) for use in WA.

General practice plays an important role in supporting patients through advance care planning. This webinar provides an update on the changes to the AHD and the role of GPs in advance care planning, including supporting patients to prepare AHDs.

The webinar covers the updated Advance Care Planning WA HealthPathway, available resources and practical tips for GPs.

Delivered in partnership with the WA Department of Health.

Department of Health WA resources:

Advance Care Planning Information Line:
(08) 9222 2300
ACP@health.wa.gov.au

Websites:

Guides:

Learning outcomes

Outline the key changes to the WA Advanced Health Directive
Describe the GP's role in a patient's advance care planning

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Facilitator

Dr Mariam Bahemia
Deputy Chair of the RACGP WA, Chair of the RACGP WA Education Committee and President of Children of Mauritius Medical and Surgical Support Association

Presenters

Dr Cory Lei
GP and Clinical Editor, HealthPathways WA

Cory is a clinical editor for HealthPathways and the hospital liaison GP for Sir Charles Gairdner and Osborne Park Hospitals. He is also a visiting GP at an aged care facility and consults at Currambine Family Practice.

Dr Jacquie Garton-Smith
Royal Perth Hospital Liaison GP & Clinical Lead for Primary Care Integration, Health Networks, DoH WA

Dr Jacquie Garton-Smith has been the Royal Perth Hospital Liaison GP for 25 years. Jacquie is also the Clinical Lead for Primary Care Integration, Health Networks, Clinical Excellence Division in the Department of Health WA. In both these roles, Jacquie has advocated for good end of life care especially for people with chronic conditions, and has helped implement a range of successful initiatives in hospitals and WA Health. In 2019, she was on the WA Government’s Expert Ministerial Panel into Advance Health Directives.

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