A will written by people who understand 12-hour shifts and unpredictable rosters. 15-minute questionnaire from your phone, between calls or after handover. Legally valid in England & Wales. Returned within 24 hours. £69 single. £99 mirror.
Paramedics see, more often than almost any other profession, what happens to families when someone dies suddenly without a will. You've made the death notifications. You've sat with the spouse who didn't know about the joint account. You've watched the adult children realise no-one ever wrote down what mum wanted. You know exactly what the cost of procrastination looks like — because you're the one standing in the kitchen at 3am while it unfolds.
And yet — paramedics are statistically one of the least-likely NHS groups to have a will. Long shifts that don't fit solicitor office hours. A shift pattern that makes evening appointments brutal. And a known psychological pattern in frontline emergency staff where confronting your own mortality is the thing the brain has spent the day trying to compartmentalise away from. The job ends; the avoidance carries on.
The fix is making the process structurally easy enough that it bypasses the psychology. 15 minutes on a phone in a parked-up ambulance is not the same psychological event as booking a 90-minute solicitor appointment three weeks out and dwelling on it the whole time.
NHS Pension Scheme death-in-service is paid at discretion to your nominated beneficiaries — recorded on form DB2 or PN1, separately from your will. For paramedics in the 1995 scheme with special class status, terms differ from the 2008 and 2015 schemes. Whatever scheme you're in, update the nominee form whenever your relationships change. The pension lump sum is typically two to three times annual pensionable pay.
If you have children under 18 and both parents die, only a will can name guardians. For paramedic parents working unsocial hours, this is the most important clause in the document.
If the house is jointly owned (joint tenants), it passes automatically to the surviving co-owner outside the will. If it's owned as tenants in common (each owns a defined share), the will controls your share. Most couples don't know which they have — we'll prompt you to check, and the will is drafted accordingly. Critical for unmarried partners.
The watch from your dad. The motorbike. The ring you gave your partner. The will lets you direct specific items to specific people, separately from the residuary estate. It's the single most-overlooked section and the one that prevents the most family arguments.
Pick one or two people you trust who live within an hour or two of your home. They'll be notifying banks, dealing with HMRC, distributing the estate. They don't need legal training — but they do need to be the kind of person who finishes paperwork.
Couples writing mirror wills together pay £99 total — both wills, one fee.
ClearLegacy is a will writing service. We don't currently offer Lasting Power of Attorney, probate administration, or trust formation. For LPAs, the Office of the Public Guardian's online service is the cheapest official route. For probate after a family bereavement, we can point you toward fixed-fee probate specialists.
15 minutes from your phone. £69. The most direct trade you'll ever make between time spent and family protected.