Course Overview

This training session will teach you how to handle patient consent correctly.

By the end, you will be able to:

• Explain how to get patient consent in line with the law and best practices.
• Understand when you can treat a patient without their consent, using the Mental Capacity Act 2005 or the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Properly assess a patient's capacity to give consent.
• Understand the rules around 'Who Decides?', including advance decisions, lasting power of attorney, and court-appointed deputies.
• Explain how to approach consent for children and young people.