Medi-Nav Orientation Resource v6, 2024

healthcare workers provide an overview of the voluntary assisted dying process, and roles and responsibilities of healthcare workers. The Queensland Voluntary Assisted Dying Handbook assists healthcare workers, health services and others to understand their roles and responsibilities, and supports compliance with the Act. For further information about voluntary assisted dying in Queensland (including the handbook, education module and other resources), please visit: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/voluntary-assisted- dying/information-for-healthcare-workers/handbook https://ilearn.health.qld.gov.au/shared/Qvad/story.html https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/voluntary-assisted-dying https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/voluntary-assisted- dying/authorised-practitioners/becoming-vad-practitioner https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/voluntary-assisted- dying/information-for-healthcare-workers 4.12 Right to information The Right to Information Act 2009 (RTI Act) gives the public a right of access to information held by government. The IP Act is designed to work in parallel with the RTI Act and provides a statutory right to individuals to apply to access and amend their own personal information. All documents held by HHSs are subject to the RTI and IP Acts and may be subject to internal and external review. Refer to your employing HHS for the local policy / guideline as each HHS has delegated decision- makers in place to manage applications. View the RTI Act at: Right to Information Act 2009 (legislation.qld.gov.au) 4.13 Whistleblowers and public interest disclosures All employees, supervisors and managers need to be aware that they are responsible for reporting official misconduct and other matters affecting the public interest. The act of reporting misconduct or maladministration may amount to a Public Interest Disclosure (PID). Whistleblowing and PID are covered by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 . For further information, refer to: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/employment/conditions/staff-complaints/ how-to/public-interest-disclosure