Council of Victoria ensure that medical interns are adequately trained on the subject of substitute decision making. That the Victorian Government Support 41 require doctors and nurses to undertake continuous professional development on advance care planning. As part of its longer term strategy Support 42 in this policy area, that the Victorian Government implement a long-term systemic approach to integrating the My Health Record (including appropriate Information Technology infrastructure) into standard medical practice for the following purposes: • to record advance care plans • to use as core documentation for transfer of care • to develop a system of alerts and triggers that indicate a person has an advance care plan and how it can be accessed across health services. That the Victorian Government, Not supported 43 through End of Life Care Victoria recommended in this Report as Advance care planning should not be conflated with a body established for assisted dying. The part of the assisted dying Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Bill 2016 does not require registration of advance framework, establish a registry care directives or a central registry. Compulsory registration would be a barrier to people hotline to improve access to making advance care directives and is likely to create difficulties in accessing advance care advance care plans for emergency directives. If registration is voluntary, this is likely to create confusion, as health practitioners medical services. are unlikely to look beyond the voluntary register, meaning many people’s advance care
Council of Victoria ensure that medical interns are adequately trained on the subject of substitute decision making. 41 That the Victorian Government require doctors and nurses to undertake continuous professional development on advance care planning. Support 42 As part of its longer term strategy in this policy area, that the Victorian Government implement a long-term systemic approach to integrating the My Health Record (including appropriate Information Technology infrastructure) into standard medical practice for the following purposes: • to record advance care plans • to use as core documentation for transfer of care • to develop a system of alerts and triggers that indicate a person has an advance care plan and how it can be accessed across health services. Support 43 That the Victorian Government, through End of Life Care Victoria recommended in this Report as part of the assisted dying framework, establish a registry hotline to improve access to advance care plans for emergency medical services. Not supported Advance care planning should not be conflated with a body established for assisted dying. The Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Bill 2016 does not require registration of advance care directives or a central registry. Compulsory registration would be a barrier to people making advance care directives and is likely to create difficulties in accessing advance care directives. If registration is voluntary, this is likely to create confusion, as health practitioners are unlikely to look beyond the voluntary register, meaning many people’s advance care
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