Petitions/New legislation: ensure informed consent is always given to avoid patient harm.
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Opened2 Jun 2025
Closes2 Dec 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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Sir Geoffrey Cox
1Sir Geoffrey Cox MP
Torridge and Tavistock
5
Wera Hobhouse
2Wera Hobhouse MP
Bath
4
Natalie Fleet
3Natalie Fleet MP
Bolsover
4
Rebecca Harris
4Rebecca Harris MP
Castle Point
4
Andy Slaughter
5Andy Slaughter MP
Hammersmith and Chiswick
4
Peter Kyle
6Peter Kyle MP
Hove and Portslade
4
Sam Rushworth
7Sam Rushworth MP
Bishop Auckland
3
Lorraine Beavers
8Lorraine Beavers MP
Blackpool North and Fleetwood
3
Carla Denyer
9Carla Denyer MP
Bristol Central
3
Mr Toby Perkins
10Mr Toby Perkins MP
Chesterfield
3
New legislation: ensure informed consent is always given to avoid patient harm. — Petitions