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#CCIOHomeSchool day 2... Lets have a think about #digitalconsent. Why would we do this?
- legibility
- reducing the variation in information provided and recorded
- avoiding delays in care due to loss of documents
Anything else?
- legibility
- reducing the variation in information provided and recorded
- avoiding delays in care due to loss of documents
Anything else?
The key policy document here is probably everybody's favourite bedtime read, the Health and Social Care Act which recognised expressed, verbal and written forms of consent
legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/c…
legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/c…
Interestingly there are only limited examples of where written consent is legally required e.g. fertility treatment. However this is seem as best practice where interventions are complex, carry significant risk / consequence or include aspects not related to direct care
