Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78895

Consent to Medical Treatment

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Liz Jarvis

Liberal DemocratEastleigh

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review protocols around medical consent.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
Consent to care and treatment is a regulated activity in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2009, which set out that the registered person must have suitable arrangements in place for obtaining, and acting in accordance...

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