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When you buy a pro-choice Living Will, you will receive a set of forms to fill in, a Notice of Advance Decision card and guidance notes. The handy guidance notes make it easy to fill in the pro-choice Living Will.
The main section of the pro-choice Living Will allows you to set out your medical treatment choices. You can either state that you wish to refuse treatment or alternatively you can ask for life-sustaining treatment.
The pro-choice Living Will also lets you say who you would like to be with you if your life is in imminent danger as well as allowing you to choose someone to be your Health Care Proxy. A Health Care Proxy is someone whom you would like to take part in medical decisions on your behalf should you become unable to do so. The Health Care Proxy may be your husband, wife or partner, or a relative or any other person and should be at least 18 years old.
When you have completed the form, you should date and sign it in the presence of two witnesses.
When you have completed your pro-choice Living Will you should give one copy to your GP, one to your Health Care Proxy if you have one, and keep one somewhere safe, preferably with your solicitor.
If you have to go into hospital, you should give your health care team in the hospital your pro-choice Living Will so that it can be added to your hospital notes. NHS trusts will often ask you if you have a Living Will as part of their admissions procedure. If you have one this will be noted on the medical consent form.
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