Assisted Dying: Australian and UK Perspectives

Happy New Year! and welcome to the Bios Centre Newsletter. For our first event in 2025 we are holding an online panel discussion on assisted dying legislation in Australia and the UK. This will take place on Wednesday 29 January at 9.30 a.m. GMT (note time).

The Hon. Robert Clark, the former attorney-general of Victoria, Australia,  who participated in the Victorian parliamentary debate on assisted dying, will discuss both the Victorian/ Australian experience and his impressions of the UK Leadbeater Bill. He will be joined on the panel by Dr Greg Pike, our Adelaide-based senior research fellow and the founding director of the Adelaide Centre for Bioethics and Culture, who will also speak on assisted dying practice in Australia.

Professor Mark Taubert, hospital consultant and clinical director at Velindre University NHS Trust, will speak from a UK palliative care perspective.  Prof. Taubert is the founder of TalkCPR.com and chairs the national Future Care Planning strategy group for the NHS Wales Executive. He is also vice-president of the European Association for Palliative Care.

We look forward to a highly informative discussion and hope that you can join us. You are also invited to forward this email to friends or colleagues who may wish to attend, though non-subscribers will need to register their interest in this meeting by writing to us at [email protected].

In the case of any questions, please contact Dr Bertini at [email protected].