Informed consent training video resource

David Locke, a Partner in Hill Dickinson’s Health Litigation team, offers a lawyers’ perspective on the ethical considerations and legal basis for obtaining informed consent to medical treatment.

In a recording of a lecture he has frequently delivered to medical practitioners, David examines the regulatory guidance and law defining the legal standards as they apply to medical treatment with a focus on the ethical principles of informed consent. 

The Court’s decision in Montgomery -v- Lanarkshire Health Board in 2015 should be required reading for every medical practitioner who is involved in consenting patients for treatment. David explains the background to the case, the objective and subjective frameworks the Court will use to assess whether informed consent was obtained, and the test’s practical application in medical consenting processes with examples of common areas of difficulty.