3. Your second assessment

A doctor looking at a document and using a phone.

After you have done your first assessment, your doctor will organise a second assessment for you.

2 doctors with a speech bubble above them that has a tick in it.

This assessment will be with a different doctor.

This is because you need 2 doctors to agree that you are eligible to use voluntary assisted dying.

A doctor having a conversation with a person lying down in a bed.

This assessment will also be in person.

A doctor having a conversation on a phone. They have a speech bubble with an information icon in it and an arrow pointing up next to it.

If the doctors need more information to do their assessments, they can ask for advice from another health professional.

A psychologist meeting with a person.

For example, a psychologist.

A psychologist helps people with how they think and feel.