In the first episode for 2025, 39 Essex Chambers' Barrister Ian Brownhill talks to John Robinson is a Clinical Nurse Consultant in Palliative Care, based at Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group, Perth, Western Australia.

John was previously employed as the Voluntary Assisted Dying Coordinator for the South Metropolitan Health Service area of Perth for two years from its commencement, supporting more than 250 people and their families through the VAD process.

John explains how Voluntary Assisted Dying works in Western Australia and what safeguards are built into the process. Through their conversation, John and Ian explore what can be learnt from systems around the world when it comes to discussing the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in England and Wales.