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Living Wills

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Advance Decisions or Living Wills

An Advanced Medical Decision to Refuse Treatment or Living Will as they are also commonly called, is a legal document that documents medical treatments you may or may not wish to receive. If healthcare professional knows you have made an Advance Medical Decision they must follow your wishes.

Caring & Patient

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“Helen visited to go through Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney with my parents. She was professional, caring and patient with them. Such an important thing to do and Helen is the perfect person to help.”


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5* recommendation!

'Recently my elderly mother in law needed a will written. After some research online I contacted Helen Algar at Suffolk Will Services. Helen is really nice, made mum feel at ease straightaway, and the whole service was totally professional. We’re happy to pass on our positive experience with Helen, and recommend Suffolk Will Services without hesitation. Hoping this will help anyone who might be needing a Will written and is putting it off (as we all do!)”


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Made the process easy

'Highly recommended. Helen met with us at our home to help us make our wills. She was very patient in explaining and advising what we needed. She made the whole process very easy for us.'


Mr R

Wondeful & Understanding

Helen & Daniel are just fabulous. I liked them both immensley. Absolutely worry free & efficient they totally know their stuff. And they made it all seem very straight forward and seamless. Completed LPA & Will for me & i would thoroughly recommend their services to anyone. Thank you so much it was a pleasure working with you both.

Mr Studd

Call today and get advice for your Advance Decision

An Advance Decision gives you the power to specify, whilst you can:

  • Medical treatments you do not want to receive
  • You can outline situations in which treatments should be not be provided
  • It is legally binding, but only implemented by medical professionals if you lose capacity or cannot communicate your wishes
  • It does not allow others to make these decisions on your behalf, that can only happen if you have set up a Power of Attorney

Commonly, an Advance Decision or living Will are used when:

  • If you become terminally ill and have certain wishes regarding medical treatments
  • If you lose the ability to make decisions for yourself
  • You cannot communicate your wishes

    Circumstances when an Advanced Decision gets used

    How an advanced decision is helpful

    What happens when there isn’t a Will

    If a person dies without having left a Will, their estate then becomes shared out according to certain rules – these are called the rules of intestacy. The person who died without writing a Will is called an intestate person. Only married or civil partners and certain other close relatives can inherit under rules of intestacy. The rules of intestacy also decide how estates should be shared should a Will not be valid; which is why it is so important to have Wills correctly written and signed in accordance with the legal formalities.

    This may seem quite a complicated process, but we have created a comprehensive process to ensure you know exactly how probate works and what is required from you.

    Please check our Privacy Policy to review how we protect and manage your data.

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    Call to book your appointment

    We have designed writing our Living Wills in a straightforward manner to ensure you are satisfied at each stage of the process.


    1. Call to book an appointment for you to visit us, us to visit you in the comfort of your home, or by video or phone call if you prefer.
    2. At the appointment we will discuss your wishes, treatment preferences and record your full instructions.
    3. We prepare a draft Living Will for you to inspect and check. The Living Will is clearly explained in the covering letter enclosed with your draft Living Will.
    4. If any changes are needed, these are made at this point and agreed with you.
    5. We then prepare the final version of your Living Will for you to sign. We can arrange an appointment where we oversee the signing procedure. Alternatively, we can send the Living Will to you with a straightforward procedure explanation, for you to sign at your convenience.
    6. When the Living Will has been signed, most clients like us to store the signed Living Will for them.  We provide a photocopy for your records.  Alternatively, you can keep the original Living Will at home; we just ask you send us a photocopy for our records.

        Our simple Advance Decision process

        Areas covered

        • Ipswich
        • Claydon
        • Hadleigh
        • Boxford
        • Sudbury
        • Felixstowe
        • Needham Market
        • Stowmarket
        • Diss
        • Halesworth
        • Aldeburgh
        • Southwold
        • Framlingham
        • Wickham Market
        • Rendlesham
        • Woodbridge
        • Felixstowe
        • Shotley
        • Brantham
        • Manningtree
        • Bury St Edmunds 
        • and everywhere in between.

        Suffolk Will Services is based in Ipswich, Suffolk and has clients throughout Suffolk; North Essex and South Norfolk. Helen can visit you in:

        Call us today and get your Will written, your way

        Frequently Asked Questions about Advance Decisions

        The best way is to place a copy of your Living Will on your Doctor and Hospital records.

        All healthcare professionals treating you must take steps to discovering if you have made an Advance Decision. They are legally binding upon your healthcare professional. However, there is no register for Advance Decisions, and it is your responsibility to let people know you have one written.


        You can:

        • Give a copy of your Advance Decision to your emergency contact.
        • Ask your doctor to keep a copy of it on your medical records.
        • Ask your GP to that you have an Advance Decision to your Summary Care Record – this is an electronic record that holds important information about your health.

        It is always a good idea to chat through life-changing decisions based on different medications and treatments with your GP – the more information you receive the more informed you are about how you wish to be medically treated in your future.

        Your Advance Decision is legally binding and cannot be overruled by anyone.

        We understand making important decisions about the future can be difficult. 


        If you have any concerns or would like to discuss Advance Decisions, please contact us.

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