Montgomery and Me: Implementing the New Standard for Consent to Treatment in Medicine and Healthcare

The Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice and the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences invite you to attend a one-day conference on
“Montgomery and Me: Implementing the New Standard for Consent to Treatment in Medicine and Healthcare”.

The Supreme Court ruling Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board (2015) marked a shift in the basis of consent in medicine and healthcare from the established “prudent clinician” test to a “prudent patient” test. The new standard requires clinicians to enter into dialogue with their patients to the point that they gain sufficient understanding of the options available to make a choice that takes into account their own values.

This conference will raise your awareness of the new Montgomery standard for consent and to explore its implications from key stakeholders’ perspective.

Confirmed Speakers include Baroness Hale, Deputy President of the Supreme Court and one of the Montgomery judges, and Professor Jonathan Herring, Professor of Law, University of Oxford.