Trust Board Febuary 2010 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

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TRUST BOARD
DOCUMENT TITLE:
SPONSORING DIRECTOR:
AUTHOR:
Consent Policy
Mr Donal O’Donoghue, Medical Director
Ruth Gibson, Head of Risk Management
DATE OF MEETING: 25 February 2010
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS:
The Consent Policy has been updated and is appended for approval, together with a full
equality impact assessment and implementation plan.
The Consent Policy has been revised to incorporate the changes in the law around
capacity and to set out a revised process around delegated consent.
Key features of the delegated consent process for medial trainees include:
• the requirement that each specialty agree a list of key procedures for which consent
is delegated
• the identification of delegated consent training needs at local induction
• establishment of a competency database within the Education Centres to capture
delegated consent training (replacing the previous registers)
• replacement of the training packs with a training checklist
The policy is one of those identified as needing Trust board approval within the Policy on the
Development, Management and Approval of policies.
PURPOSE OF THE REPORT (Indicate with ‘x’ the purpose that applies):
Approval Receipt and Noting Discussion
X
ACTIONS REQUIRED, INCLUDING RECOMMENDATION:
The Board is recommended to APPROVE the policy.
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