Electronic documentation of informed consent according to the Montgomery ruling in the surgical emergency unit setting

摘要

The General Medical Council (GMC) states that consent is a partnership process between the patient and the doctor.1 Since the Montgomery judgement in 2015, the standards have been revolutionised to include material risks. Undoubtedly, informed consent has important implications in the surgeon–patient relationship and litigation. This audit aims to measure the decision-making record that contains key points of the consent discussion by comparing to the standards outlined in the Royal College of Surgeons guidance on consent, Consent: supported decision-making. 2 We set an arbitrary target of 20% compliance rate within a 1-month period, which we felt would be achievable in the short time frame.