My MS expert

Welcome to your virtual conversation with an MS expert. With our interactive video experience you can have a question-and-answer session with MS nurse Ellie, and find out about advance care planning. Start a conversation and Ellie will spring to life and answer you from a selection of over 100 pre-filmed replies. Ask questions on your phone or computer using your voice, keyboard, or by choosing from the suggested prompts.

Ask Ellie about advance care planning

Ellie has been an MS specialist nurse since 2016. In 2021, Ellie was appointed as a Queen's Nurse in recognition of her ongoing learning, leadership and excellence in patient care. She developed her passion for ensuring people live as well as they can until the end of their lives whilst working in district nursing. She has also worked in hospice care.

Ellie can help you with questions about advance care planning, including:

What is advance care planning?
How do I begin the process of advance care planning?
What should I include in an advance care plan?
How might advance care planning make me feel?
Who should I share my advance care plan with?
What if I can't make decisions for myself?
What if there's a treatment I don't want?
How can I be sure my wishes will be followed?

How it works

Tap or click, 'Start conversation' to talk with Ellie
If you want to speak aloud to Ellie, you'll need to allow us to use your microphone
If you'd rather not speak or your device doesn't have a microphone, that's okay. Just tap 'text' in the bottom left corner to type your own question, or choose from one of the suggested questions
Once Ellie has answered you, you can ask a new question or press the X in the top right to close your conversation

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More about advance care planning

Advance care planning

Advance care planning (ACP) is the process of thinking, and having conversations, about the care you would like in the future if your health were to change.

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Talking advance care planning

Today we are talking about the often misunderstood topic of advance care planning. The MS Trust recently published an information book titled ‘Thinking ahead: setting out your wishes for your future care and treatment’.

Thinking ahead: setting out your wishes - book

This book supports you to understand your personal values and preferences for your future medical care, so that you can share this with your loved ones and your healthcare team.

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