This legal framework mandated healthcare professionals to provide standardised care with the patient acting as merely the ...

Negligence claims against the NHS due to failure to inform patients before they consent to procedures have spiralled up since a landmark legal ruling in 2015, a new study has found. The research, ...

Negligence claims against the NHS for failures to inform patients before they consent to procedures have sharply risen over the past decade, a study has found. Research by Queen Mary University of ...

NHS says clinic has suspended new referrals after pair, including woman who took blockers, win court case Children under the age of 16 considering gender reassignment are unlikely to be mature enough ...

Informed consent is a process that’s required for most medical procedures. However, there’s often confusion about what informed consent is, what it means, and when it’s needed. In a healthcare setting ...

Gender reassignment: Puberty blocker ruling 'protects vulnerable teens' Children under 16 with gender dysphoria are unlikely to be able to give informed consent to undergo treatment with ...