New online service offers real choice in future medical care

'Respect our Wishes' has recently launched the National Register of Living Wills, offering real choice in future medical care. Run by experienced healthcare professionals, Respect Our Wishes is the first company in the UK to offer this service online.

A Living Will allows you to state clearly now your preferences over your future medical care. You can choose to have all possible treatments available or you may choose to say no to some treatments. It is important you think carefully about these choices.

Founder Mandy Thomlinson says, 'As NHS professionals, we know how important access to those choices can be in an emergency. Making a Living Will or Health Care Advance Directive is only the start to ensuring your wishes are respected when you are seriously ill. The documents have little value if they cannot be found when needed.'

Maria McDiarmid, fellow founder of Respect Our Wishes and a practicing GP, adds, 'You can now guarantee your health care choices are taken into account by doctors and your medical team. By registering your health documents on the National Register of Living Wills and carrying your membership card, your wishes cannot be ignored. Knowing this and having made your choices in advance will bring you peace of mind.'

http://www.respectourwishes.com/

About Respect Our Wishes

Respect Our Wishes is a unique service in England and Wales. You can access your living will or advance directive 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Medical professionals can view, with your permission, copies of your health care choices online anytime.

Your membership card will immediately alert emergency healthcare professionals that you have made a living will or advance directive. The web address on the card will tell them where to find it. You can be sure that meeting your care choices will be a priority to any medical team.