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Understand the importance of establishing consent when providing care or support

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In this lesson you will learn:

About the term “consent”
The importance of gaining consent when providing care or support
How to establish consent for an activity or action

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This article about Consent to Treatment (Mental Capacity and Mental Health Legislation) is from the website Patient.co.uk. The article is very informative and covers the general principles of consent.
This flowchart from Central and North West London NHS looks at the process of establishing ‘Consent, capacity, and best interests assessment for health and social care interventions’.
Click to read ‘Care planning, liberty and autonomy’ which is part of the Social Care Institute for Excellence’s section on the ‘Mental Capacity Act (MCA).

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