Petitions/New legislation; ensure informed consent is always given to avoid patient harm.
StatusClosed
Opened11 Nov 2024
Closes11 May 2025
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Update the law to ensure informed consent is mandatory before ALL medical and cosmetic surgeries/procedures/treatments, and before prescriptions are written. Legislation must ensure all known risks are declared to the patient. Failure to comply resulting in needless injury must be prosecutable.

Too many patients have been denied details of serious known risks resulting in needless life altering damage. Currently we believe there is not sufficient deterrent to ensure culpability, and that medical/cosmetic organisations abuse their power by cherry picking the information given to patients. We believe that to deny a patient details of a known risk, to risk a worse outcome for a patient having a non-urgent procedure/treatment, without their consent is abhorrent. Without informed consent patients are unable to make an informed decision about their treatment.

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Dame Caroline Dinenage
1Dame Caroline Dinenage MP
Gosport
13
Sir Desmond Swayne
2Sir Desmond Swayne MP
New Forest West
13
Andrew Western
3Andrew Western MP
Stretford and Urmston
13
Nigel Farage
4Nigel Farage MP
Clacton
12
Sarah Dyke
5Sarah Dyke MP
Glastonbury and Somerton
12
Alison Hume
6Alison Hume MP
Scarborough and Whitby
12
Lara Bird
7Lara Bird MP
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
12
Dan Jarvis
8Dan Jarvis MP
Barnsley North
11
Alison McGovern
9Alison McGovern MP
Birkenhead
11
Sir Christopher Chope
10Sir Christopher Chope MP
Christchurch
11
New legislation; ensure informed consent is always given to avoid patient harm. — Petitions