Advance Care Plan

Planning for Your Future Care and Wellbeing

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE CONTACTING ALL OUR PATIENTS AGED 50+ YEARS REGARDING THIS

What does it mean?

• Preparing for your future and your health and wellbeing needs 
• Identifying practical arrangements 
• Enabling the right care to be given at the right time and in the right place for you

How it can help you plan your future care:

Advance Care Planning can help you plan for the future. It gives you an opportunity to think about, talk about and write down your preferences and priorities for your future care, including how you want to receive your care.

The choice is yours as to who you share the information with. By recording your preferences in this booklet it will help to ensure that your wishes are taken into account.

Advance Care Planning can help you and your carers (family and friends who are involved in your care) to understand what is important to you. The plan provides an ideal opportunity to discuss and record in writing your views with those who are close to you. It will help you to be clear about the decisions you make and it will allow you to record your wishes in writing so that they can be carried out at the appropriate time.

Remember that your feelings and priorities may change over time. You have choices in what may happen in the future such as being able to remain living independently at home. This document allows you to voice your own preferred choices.

You can change what you have written whenever you wish to, and it would be advisable to review your plan regularly (every 3-6 months) to make sure that it still reflects what you want. Remember to sign and date this document when you review it so that it is clear to others

Please click here for the Advance Care Planning Guide

There are Six Sections in total: 

• Statement of your wishes and care preferences - Section 1 
•  Putting your affairs in order - Section 2 
•  Making a Will - Section 3 
•  Funeral Planning - Section 4 
•  Advance Decision Making - Section 5 
•  Reminder checklist - Section 6

If you wish to have an Advance Care Plan please complete the above 'Advance Care Planning Guide' Form and then send us ONLY page 33 (example below) - email it to us at thursbysurgery@nhs.net with your full name, date of birth and address.

Alternatively, you can complete the form manually (forms available at reception at Thursby Surgery) and then hand the completed page 33 to reception.

Lions Message In a Bottle

Please help the emergency services help you - The Lions Message in a Bottle is a simple idea that encourages people to keep their basic personal and medical details in a common place where they can easily be found in an emergency.