Informed Consent in Maternity Care: Putting it into Practice – Friday 3 October 2025

Course Details

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COURSE DELIVERY AND CERTIFICATION 

Online Training

6 Hours Relevant for CPD

RELEVANT FOR

This course is relevant for all health professionals who work in maternity and neonatal care, those that support women and birthing people in decision-making, and clinical negligence lawyers

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

• To understand the law on consent and how it applies to maternity care.
• To build confidence in having discussions with women and birthing people (both antenatally
  and in an emergency) which support informed decision making.
• To gain an understanding of trauma-informed consent.
• Learn how to support women and birthing people in decision-making.
• To build confidence in how to have effective discussions with refugee, asylum seeking and
  undocumented migrant women and birthing people which support informed decision
  making.

COURSE CONTENT

Using a combination of formal talks and interactive discussions the following topics are covered:

• • The change in law on consent
  • Best practice in consent from a legal perspective
  • Consent in an emergency
  • Trauma-informed consent
  • Supporting women and birthing people with decision-making
  • Equity in consent
  • Opportunities to ask experts and discuss real-life cases