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End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021
24Person who makes first request is to be provided with relevant information about eligibility
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### 24 Person who makes first request is to be provided with relevant information about eligibility
> > (1) A person’s PMP must, before determining under [section 26](#GS26@EN) a first request from the person, give to the person the relevant information in relation to the person’s first request.
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> > (2) The relevant information in relation to a person’s first request is –
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> > > > (a) information as to –
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> > > > > > (i) the relevant medical condition of the person and any other medical conditions of the person that may affect the relevant medical condition or its treatment; and
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> > > > > > (ii) treatment of the relevant medical condition that has been, or may be, administered to the person; and
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> > > > > > (iii) treatment, of other medical conditions of the person, that may have affected, or may affect, the relevant medical condition or its treatment and that has been, or may be, administered to the person; and
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> > > > (b) information as to any complications of a medical kind that have arisen, or that may arise, from the treatment of the relevant medical condition or other medical conditions of the person; and
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> > > > (c) the prognosis in relation to –
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> > > > > > (i) the relevant medical condition or the relevant medical condition together with other medical conditions of the person; and
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> > > > > > (ii) any complications of a medical kind that have arisen, or may arise, in relation to the treatment of the relevant medical condition or the combination of that treatment with the treatment of other medical conditions of the person; and
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> > > > (d) information as to reasonably available treatment that may relieve the suffering of the person that is related to any of the following or to anticipation of suffering, or expectation, based on medical advice, of suffering, that may arise from any of the following:
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> > > > > > (i) the relevant medical condition or the relevant medical condition together with other medical conditions of the person;
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> > > > > > (ii) the treatment of the relevant medical condition or the combination of that treatment with the treatment of other medical conditions of the person;
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> > > > > > (iii) complications of a medical kind that have arisen, or may arise, in relation to the treatment of the relevant medical condition or its treatment or the combination of that treatment with the treatment of other medical conditions of the person; and
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> > > > (e) any information as to palliative care that may reasonably be able to be provided to the person.
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> > (3) As soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case within 7 days, after giving to a person the relevant information in relation to the person’s first request, the person’s PMP is to give, to the Commission, notice, in the approved form, that the PMP has given to the person that information.