I think this is it.

 

http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2015/11.html

 

 

From: McCourt, Christine [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 08 May 2015 10:59
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: INFORMED CONSENT

 

Interesting, thanks

 

Do you have a link to access information about this case?

 

 

From: Octavia Wiseman <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: "A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research." <[log in to unmask]>, Octavia Wiseman <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, 8 May 2015 04:58
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: INFORMED CONSENT

 

Dear Barbara,

 

In Britain we rely on case law, so the importance here is not the underlying legislation but the fact that the first case has been won in a court of law (in the Supreme Court) which clearly supports the principle of informed consent.   The case is called Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board and you should be able to find the full judgement if you google it.  In their summary they say:

 

‘Societal and legal changes point towards an approach to the law which treats patients so far as possible as adults capable of understanding that medical treatment is uncertain of success and may involve risks, of accepting responsibility for risks affecting their lives, and of living with the consequences of their choices.  This entails a duty on doctors to take reasonable care to ensure that a patient is aware of material risks inherent in treatment... and of reasonable alternatives.  A risk is ‘material’ if a reasonable person in the patient’s position would be likely to attach significance to it, or if the doctor is or should reasonably be aware that their patient would be likely to attach significance to it.’

 

X Octavia 

 

From: [log in to unmask]"> Barbara Hanrahan

Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 4:36 AM

Subject: Re: INFORMED CONSENT

 

Hello Octavia – please can you give me the name of the legislation that covers informed consent. I will be attending the Adrica Summit of Childbearing Rights in July, here in Johannesburg. I want to prepare my questions beforehand. Regards Barbara Hanrahan

 

From: Octavia Wiseman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 07 May 2015 11:16 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: INFORMED CONSENT

 

Informed consent became LAW for the first time in the UK on the 11th of March this year - Montgomery v Lanarkshire Supreme Court.

 

Octavia

 

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