Living Wills

EDM number 1874 in 2002-03, proposed by Patsy Calton on 05/11/2003.

That this House welcomes the growing use of living wills, which allow patients to set out the medical treatments they would accept or refuse should they lose the ability to communicate; recognises that they are also a great help to health professionals because they give them a better understanding of how patients wish to be treated; and calls upon all hospital and primary care trusts to draw up and enact guidelines to enable staff to recognise and respond to them safely and effectively.

This motion has been signed by a total of 66 MPs.