LawCare

LawCare is a confidential counselling service designed to assist legal practitioners who are facing professional and/or personal challenges. Any legal practitioner can contact the LawCare service for assistance with personal or psychological problems affecting their professional function.

A legal practitioner’s family, friends or colleagues can also access LawCare if they are concerned about a practitioner.

Simpy call (08) 9480 9200 for assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Important Information about LawCare

Why was LawCare Established?
The professional role of a legal practitioner is to deal with other people’s problems. The demands of this role and the long hours worked generally mean that legal practitioners are likely to neglect their own problems. These problems may be stress, burnout, depression, a family crisis, matrimonial difficulties, substance abuse or impaired health.


How does LawCare Work?
All you need do is telephone (08) 9480 9200 for assistance or just to talk 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The call centre will contact a general medical practitioner who will respond to your call during normal surgery hours. The Law Society of Western Australia has appointed a panel of general medical practitioners, all of whom have broad experience in social and psychological problems. These general medical practitioners have direct referral access to selected psychiatrists and psychologists.


Confidentiality
Confidentiality is paramount. LawCare operates independently of the Law Society of Western Australia. No details whatsoever are provided to the Society.


What is the Cost of using LawCare?
There is no cost to use the telephone referral system; this is funded by the Society.

Once a face-to-face consultation with a medical practitioner is established, normal fee structures apply.


Urgent Assistance 
The general medical practitioner may not be able to respond to your call immediately, therefore if urgent attention is required (especially after-hours) please contact your nearest hospital.


Legal practitioners, their family, friends and colleagues can all access LawCare 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on (08) 9480 9200


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