Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 5 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 66 members in total.

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LIVING WILLS

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.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1874 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Consent to medical treatment Health professions Euthanasia Medical treatments Patients Living wills

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk