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General enquiries

The Assisted Dying Service team at Health New Zealand is the central point of contact for all public and sector enquires about assisted dying services. 

Contact the Assisted Dying Service team at Health New Zealand:

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Seeking a practitioner who provides assisted dying services

If you are considering assisted dying, you are encouraged to speak to your doctor or someone else in your health care team in the first instance. You will need to raise assisted dying, as they cannot raise this with you.

If your doctor does not provide assisted dying services, or you do not feel comfortable discussing this with them, you can contact the Assisted Dying Service team who will work with the Support and Consultation for End of Life in New Zealand Group (SCENZ) to find a doctor who can help you. The SCENZ Group maintains the lists of medical practitioners and psychiatrists who are willing to provide parts of the assisted dying service. 

To be connected with a practitioner from the SCENZ Group contact the Assisted Dying Service team:

After hours 

In a medical emergency call 111.

For health advice call Healthline on 0800 611 116.

For questions about the assisted dying services, email AssistedDying@tewhatuora.govt.nz

If you want to talk to someone about how you are feeling, you can call or text 1737 to speak to a trained counsellor.

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