Will writing for nurses.
Built around your shift, not the solicitor's diary.

Nurses are the largest single under-willed group in the NHS

There are around 350,000 registered nurses and midwives working across the NHS in England and Wales. Industry surveys consistently show roughly 60% of UK adults don't have a Will — and the figure for nurses is, if anything, slightly higher. Shift work, three-on-three-off rotations and the sheer effort of getting to a 9–5 solicitor's office push Wills permanently to the bottom of the to-do list.

The result: nurses are statistically the largest single profession in the UK that knows it needs a Will, intends to write a Will and never gets around to it. The cost isn't a bigger inheritance tax bill. It's that a colleague who's seen first-hand what a chaotic estate looks like for a grieving family eventually ends up leaving exactly that mess behind.

The four things every nursing will should sort

1. Guardians for children under 18

If you and the other parent both die without a Will, the courts decide who raises your children. Not your sister. Not the godparent. Not your best friend who's already half-raising them on rotation cover. Only a Will lets you legally name a guardian. For nurses with young children working unsocial hours, this is the single most important reason to write one.

2. Your unmarried partner

Live with a partner but not married or in a civil partnership? Under the Intestacy Rules — what applies if you die without a Will — your partner gets nothing. Doesn't matter how long you've been together, whether you have shared children, whose name is on the mortgage. The home goes to your blood relatives. Only a Will fixes this.

3. Step-children

Step-children are also excluded under intestacy. If you've got step-children you've raised as your own and you want them to inherit alongside biological children, you need to name them in a Will. Without it, they're invisible to the law.

4. NHS pension nominees

Your NHS Pension Scheme death benefits — typically a lump sum of two to three times your annual pensionable pay — are paid at discretion to your nominated beneficiaries, not under your Will. Update your DB2 or PN1 nominee form with NHS Pensions whenever your circumstances change (marriage, divorce, new partner, new children). Your Will then handles everything else.

How nurses actually use ClearLegacy

The pattern we see most often: a nurse starts the questionnaire on a break in the canteen — fills in personal details, beneficiaries, executors. Pauses. Picks it back up at home that evening between dinner and bed, finishes the guardians and specific gifts sections. Pays. Goes to sleep. The automated system reviews it the next day. The Will lands in their inbox the morning after that. Print, sign with two witnesses (an adult neighbour and a friend works), store somewhere safe.

Total time on screen: about 15 minutes. Total elapsed time from start to signed Will in a drawer: typically under 48 hours.

What the £69 covers

• A single Will, drafted from your answers, quality-checked and usually delivered within 24 hours
• Provision for guardians, executors, beneficiaries, specific gifts, charity legacies
• One free update after payment — useful if circumstances change
• Plain-English document with witness instructions printed at the bottom
• Email delivery — print at home, sign, store somewhere safe

Couples writing mirror Wills together (each leaving to the other, then to children) pay £99 total — both Wills, one fee.

"I'd been meaning to write a Will for years. The fact I could do it on a 30-minute break and have it back the next day removed every excuse I'd been using." — paraphrased customer feedback, anonymised

What this service does not cover

ClearLegacy makes Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney (£69 for one LPA, £119 for both). We do not offer probate administration or trust formation. We're happy to point you toward fixed-fee probate specialists if that comes up.