Surgery
1
Recommendation
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted in Part (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 1 inquiry
Across 1 inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
1 total
4
Accepted in Part
Paterson Inquiry
Reflection period for consent
We recommend that there should be a short period introduced into the process of patients giving consent for surgical procedures, to allow them time to reflect on their diagnosis and …
- The GMC revised its "Decision making and consent" guidance, effective 9 November 2020, which requires doctors to give patients time to consider information before …
GMC