Course: Consent Awareness Training

This course has been designed to provide you with an awareness of the issues surrounding Consent in the NHS. This will include when consent should be sought, mental capacity and the Mental Capacity Act, and the rights of individuals to provide or withdraw consent.

Course Contents:

• Aims and Objectives
• Background
• When Consent is Needed
• Written Consent
• Anaesthesia
• Emergencies
• Consent Forms
• Refusal of Treatment
• Mental Capacity Act and Competence
• Advance Decisions
• Children and Young People
• Communicating Effectively

By the end of this course, you will be aware of best practice in all of the above situations, as well as many more.