HCPC launch new sector wide consent principles to enhance patient safety

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), with a cross-sector working group including the NMC, GPhC, GOC, GOsC, the Patient Safety Commissioner, the Patients Association, and the Council of Deans for Health, has today launched a set of Consent Principles aimed at improving informed decision-making and reducing patient and service user harm.

The work is also supported by other regulators including the GMC, GDC and GCC.

Developed with a cross-sector working group, these principles respond to ongoing patient safety concerns relating to consent and seek to support calls for a ‘patient-controlled system’ as set out in the NHS 10‑Year ‘Fit for the Future’ plan for England, as well as supporting the work being done on this issue across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Read the full press release here: New sector wide consent principles launched to enhance patient safety | The HCPC

View the consent principles here: Consent principles | The HCPC