Consent to Medical Treatment in UK Law

  • Re T (an Adult) (Consent to Medical Treatment)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 July 1992
  • Re J (A Minor)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 10 July 1992
    ... ... In Re "J" (A Minor) (Medical Treatment) [1992] EWCA Civ J0710-1 ... were not encased in plaster without her consent. It was done to prevent her giving way to a ... ...
  • Sidaway (A.P.) v Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudesley Hospital Health Authority and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 21 February 1985
    ... ... to a substantial and complex volume of medical evidence and delivered a meticulous and detailed ... to risk and the options of alternative treatment. Whatever be the correct formulation of the ... She signed the usual consent form, in which she declared that the nature and ... ...
  • Airedale NHS Trust v Bland
    • House of Lords
    • 04 February 1993
    ... ... In the eyes of the medical world and of the law a person is not clinically ... to be dealt with by appropriate medical treatment. The undisputed consensus of eminent medical ... despite the inability of the defendant to consent thereto the plaintiff and the responsible ... ...
  • Re Z (A Minor) (Freedom of Publication)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 July 1995
    ... ... , they would wish to use film of her treatment (identifying her by name) in order to attract ... of confidentiality does go beyond the medical field. However, I consider that, in the ... 's life could be taken without the court's consent. But that was only machinery. Even if there was ... ...
  • Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 December 1984
    ... ... giving of advice on contraception, the medical examination of persons seeking advice on ... simply as contraceptive advice and treatment. The 1967 Act was repealed by the National Health ... under 16 but well under 16, without the consent or even the knowledge of parents, not unnaturally ... ...
  • D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust and Another
    • House of Lords
    • 21 April 2005
    ... ... life, which were the subject of repeated medical scrutiny. He was treated at Wexham Park Hospital ... She did not consent to this because the Unit had no intensive care or ... The marks disappeared after treatment and no diagnosis of Schamberg's disease was made ... ...
  • Re F (Mental Patient: Sterilisation); F v West Berkshire HA
    • House of Lords
    • 04 May 1989
    ... ... might involve delicate questions of medical evidence. But it appears to me to be quite ... should be kept secret, unless with his consent (for it is his privilege, and not the privilege ... the lawfulness of medical or surgical treatment given to a patient who for any reason, temporary ... ...
  • Re M B (Caesarian section)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 March 1997
    ... ... Justice Ward Court of Appeal Medical treatment - phobia against needles resulting in ... for doctors to operate on her without her consent. The Court of Appeal so held in giving ... ...
  • St. George's Healthcare N.H.S. Trust v S
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 July 1998
    ... ... Havers received comment from the British Medical Association, who in the available time has not ... patient's capacity to accept or decline treatment. To avoid any recurrence of the unsatisfactory ... ) If the patient is competent and refuses consent to the treatment, an application to the High ... ...
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