This page contains Standard Advance Care Plans. These should be suitable for all babies, infants, children and young people.
If you wish to complete an advance care plan pre-natally, we recommend using the ante-natal versions instead. Ante-natal Advance Care Plan (with and without ReSPECT)
ReSPECT or alternative Emergency Management documents
Versions are available both for those wishing to use ReSPECT and those who have not adopted ReSPECT. This is in keeping with our vision to standardise care planning throughout the whole of the UK and recognising that some areas use ReSPECT whilst other do not.
Please note that the version without ReSPECT similarly contains summary pages at the back for emergency care and treatment, but is not in the standard ReSPECT format.
Following feedback from first responders in emergency situations, we have amended the Child and Young Person’s Advance Care Plan (CYPACP) to make the Emergency Management section easier to find quickly.
The Emergency Management pages are now on the reverse of the document and can be accessed by turning it over. A larger, clearer prompt on the front also directs readers to do this.
For a more detailed explanation of why the Standard CYPACP has been changed, please read this document “Why the standard version of the CYPACP has been changed”.
It is recommended that you use this website when creating a new care plan rather than creating a template and working from that – thus ensuring that you are always using the latest version.
Please note, that if you are using the CYPACP with ReSPECT, then the Resuscitation Council (UK) would love to hear from you stating that you are using ReSPECT. You can do this by using returning the form below to info@respectprocess.org.uk
Registering ReSPECT
This enables the Resuscitation Council to maintain an overview of where ReSPECT is being adopted. Thank you.
For further information regarding ReSPECT please see: https://www.resus.org.uk/respect/