Dr Greg Mewett

Who Dr Greg Mewett is

Dr Greg Mewett is a specialist palliative care physician based at Ballarat Health Services and the Grampians Regional Palliative Care Team in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He was a GP in Bendigo, Central Victoria for 22 years before leaving general practice in 2004 to retrain as a palliative care physician in Melbourne, completing his Fellowship in 2007. He holds qualifications of MBBS, FRACGP, FAChPM, DRCOG, Postgraduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine, and Graduate Certificate in Clinical Teaching. He was a member of the Victorian State Government's Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Implementation Taskforce, which oversaw the introduction of VAD legislation in Victoria, and describes himself as a 'conscientious provider' of VAD to eligible patients alongside his specialist palliative care practice. He has supported at least 30 patients through a voluntary assisted death and has a particular interest in clinical ethics as related to end-of-life care and decision-making. He gave oral evidence to the UK Parliament's Public Bill Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in January 2025 and has written opinion pieces in Scottish press on the subject of assisted dying.

References for this biography

1. 1.Dr Greg Mewett – Grampians Regional Palliative Care Team — Role title, organisation, career background, VAD Taskforce membership, areas of clinical interest
2. 2.Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – Fourth Sitting, Hansard, UK Parliament, 29 January 2025 — UK parliamentary evidence, description as 'specialist palliative care physician and member of the Victoria State Government's Voluntary Assisted Dying Implementation Taskforce'
3. 3.The Scotsman – opinion piece by Dr Greg Mewett, March 2023 — UK/Scottish press presence; claim of having supported 30 patients through VAD; advocacy position on assisted dying within palliative care
4. 4.Greg Mewett – ResearchGate profile — Qualifications (MBBS FRACGP FAChPM DRCOG Postgrad Dip Pall Med Grad Cert Clin Teaching), affiliation with Ballarat Health Services
5. 5.Greg Mewett – Speaker profile, ANZSN Events — Career history: 22 years as GP in Eaglehawk/Bendigo, retrained 2004, Fellowship 2007, commenced at Ballarat Health Services and Grampians Regional Palliative Care Team

Notable achievements

• Member of the Victorian State Government's VAD Implementation Taskforce, charged with bringing the enactment of VAD legislation into practice in Victoria. Source ↗
• Gave expert oral evidence to the UK House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on 29 January 2025. Source ↗
• Has supported 30 patients through a voluntary assisted death and combines VAD provision with specialist palliative care practice. Source ↗

Where Dr Greg Mewett has been quoted

1. End-of-life care needs a fundamental review, not just more funding | Letterstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Related media coverage

Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.

• Leaders in Care Awards 2026 | Lifetime Achievement: Care Homes winner revealedHome Care Insight
• GP architect of neighbourhood health reforms to leave NHS EnglandPulse Today
• An important step forward in ending corridor care - Colin Poolman | Blog | RCN ScotlandRoyal College of Nursing

Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://www.grpct.com.au/our-team/296-2/
• Websitehttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Greg-Mewett

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