2023–2024 Annual Report
The second annual report from the independent Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board (Review Board) in Queensland details:
- activity from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024
- the Review Board’s reflections drawn from case reviews, as well as feedback from families of those who accessed voluntary assisted dying and authorised voluntary assisted dying practitioners. (The report contains personal insights from people involved in voluntary assisted dying—these quotes are from responses to Queensland Voluntary Assisted Dying Support and Pharmacy Service consumer surveys and have been de-identified to protect privacy.)
The report shows that from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024:
- 1,560 people commenced the process
- 1,456 people were assessed as eligible
- 976 people were supplied with a voluntary assisted dying substance
- 793 people died from administration of a voluntary assisted dying substance.
The report provides details about who is accessing voluntary assisted dying:
- people were aged between 18–107 and the median age was 74
- 58% of people were male
- 52% of people lived in regional, rural or remote parts of the state
- 76% of people had a cancer diagnosis.
Download the 2023–2024 annual report (PDF 4716 kB).
Download the consumer guide to the 2023–2024 annual report (PDF 3373 kB).
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