Consent

Your doctor, nurse, midwife, therapist or other qualified healthcare professional will always ask for your consent before they undertake an examination, procedure or treatment.
You always have a choice. Before anything happens, you can:
Consent can be given:
If you are unable to give consent to treatment, we will discuss treatment options with your next of kin.
However, in an emergency that will not always be possible – for example, if you are being treated for life threatening injuries.
For more information, visit NHS Choice’s guide to consent to treatment.
At BHRUT, we will soon be using electronic consent forms instead of paper-based forms, as part of our electronic patient record (EPR).
This new way of agreeing to your treatment gives you more time to consider your decision and discuss it with your family and friends at home before giving your consent. It also offers you a safer and more convenient experience.
Your personal information will be stored securely, and provide your clinical team with accurate information at all times.
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Data is entered into the digital consent application by a doctor or qualified healthcare professional. They modify the information in the form to meet your individual needs and this is shared with you via email or text message to review later.
After reviewing the information provided, you can document your consent to the proposed treatment or ask your healthcare professional for further information.
Provided your consent has been shared with you by the clinician in charge of your care, you can sign your consent via your smartphone or computer at home if you have access to the internet. You just need to use your finger or a compatible electronic pencil to draw your signature.
Yes, Concentric is available to view in multiple languages, which can be changed through a simple process on your web browser.
Yes, you can still have access to an interpreter when signing the digital form.
The GMC’s Good Medical Practice guidance expects clinicians to ‘make sure that arrangements are made, where possible, to meet the patients’ language and communication needs’. Family members should not be used for the purpose of interpreting for consent discussions.
Where the use of a qualified interpreter is needed or has been used for your consultation, this is documented in Concentric.
Paper forms will still be available for a short time, and you can discuss this with the clinician in charge of your care at the time.
Yes, our process remains the same. If you are a parent, guardian, or person with legal responsibility for another, you will still be able to sign on behalf of the person receiving treatment. For more information you can discuss this with your clinician.
The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is used for hosting and data processing within a data centre in the UK. It is compliant with all healthcare information governance requirements. Once the consent episode is completed, a pdf version of the consent form is automatically transferred into the Trust’s Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems.
All data is protected in line with industry best practice.
You may be contacted electronically after you sign your consent to complete a short survey. By completing this survey, you are helping us improve our services. However completing the survey is optional. While you can’t opt out of receiving the survey, you can opt out from completing it.
There are six key things to look out for to make sure the message you received is not a scam:
No, this service is free.
Yes. Concentric has consent functionality which requires the parent/guardian’s consent, as well as the ability for the child to sign in parallel. For young people aged 14-17 there is an option to complete a consent form 1 or 2 depending on their ability to consent.
If you have any concerns or queries, please contact your consultant or their team directly.