Consent Policy v2

TO BE USED FROM 1st November 2021

This policy has been developed to standardise the consent process and to improve patient safety and patient experience across the three Acute NHS Trusts in Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System ICS ; James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust JPUH Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NNUH and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust QEH and referred to in this document as “the Trusts”.
 
The aim of the Policy is to ensure that the Trusts are operating effective controls that protect the human rights and safety of patients and to support good practice.